| 单词 | funny farm |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfunny farm funny farm n. slang (chiefly depreciative) a psychiatric hospital.Now often regarded as potentially offensive. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > hospital or infirmary > hospital for the mentally ill bedlam-house1525 dull-house1622 madhouse1649 bedlam1663 lunatic hospital1762 asylum1776 retreat1796 lunatic house1813 lunatic asylum1828 maison de santé1843 idiot asylum1848 rat house1854 bughouse1887 Colney Hatch1891 booby hatch1896 mental hospital1898 booby house1900 nut factory1900 nut collegec1906 nuthouse1906 monkey house1910 booby-hutch1914 nuttery1915 loony bin1919 nut hatch1928 silly house1930 bin1938 snake-pit1947 funny farm1950 1950 F. B. Gilbreth & E. G. Carey Belles on their Toes iv. 39 I thought maybe it was Overbrook [sc. the name of a psychiatric hospital in New Jersey]. You know, the Funny Farm. 1963 J. N. Harris Weird World Wes Beattie v. 61 Before Baldwin Ogilvy agrees to locking his client away in the funny farm, he might like to investigate the whole bang shoot. 2002 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 2 Mar. 15 By the end of the week the only place he's moving to is the funny farm. We shouldn't be so glib. < as lemmas |
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