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BOOBY HATCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does booby hatch mean?
• BOOBY HATCH (noun)
The noun BOOBY HATCH has 1 sense:
1. pejorative terms for an insane asylum
Familiarity information: BOOBY HATCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pejorative terms for an insane asylum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Bedlam; booby hatch; crazy house; cuckoo's nest; funny farm; funny house; loony bin; madhouse; nut house; nuthouse; sanatorium; snake pit
Hypernyms ("booby hatch" is a kind of...):
asylum; insane asylum; institution; mental home; mental hospital; mental institution; psychiatric hospital (a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person)
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