loony bin

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Noun Phrase

loon=y bin

WORDNET DICTIONARY

loony bin(n = noun.artifact) bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit - pejorative terms for an insane asylum;

is a kind of asylum, insane asylum, institution, mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital

loony bin, n.

An institution for the confinement or treatment of insane persons, such as an insane asylum or the psychiatric ward of a hospital. [PJC]