Definition of Nuthouse

1. Noun. Pejorative terms for an insane asylum.


Definition of Nuthouse

1. Noun. (informal derogatory) A lunatic asylum. ¹

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Definition of Nuthouse

1. an insane asylum [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nuthouse

nutcases
nutcracker
nutcrackers
nutfarm
nutfarms
nutgall
nutgalls
nutgraf
nuthatch
nuthatches
nuthin'
nuthook
nuthooks
nuthouse (current term)
nuthouses
nutil
nutjob
nutjobber
nutjobbers
nutjobbery
nutjobs
nutlet
nutlets
nutlike
nutly
nutmeal
nutmeals

Literary usage of Nuthouse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1833)
"... in a style, all the world allows, admirably suited for the inmates of the al nuthouse. But what a hole will be made by ail this in the ..."

2. The Law of Contracts by Theophilus Parsons (1866)
"... (s) bags of wheat and barley, was put by the puest into an nuthouse appurtenant to the inn, where loads of that description were usually received, ..."

3. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1893)
"State, 91 Tenn. 716; note to State v. S'mith, 33 Am. Dec. 135. A conviction may be had for playing cards in an "nuthouse where people resort": ..."

4. A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors by William Oldnall Russell (1824)
"This breaking was holden to he burglary, (m) The prisoners were indicted for a burglary in the dwelling- nuthouse of a Mr. ..."

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