nut hatchn.2
/ˈnʌt hatʃ/, U.S. /ˈnət ˌ(h)ætʃ/ colloquial (originally U.S.).
= nuthouse n. at nut n.1 and adj.2 Compounds 2.
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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
1928 D. Totheroh Burlesque iv. 26 Seems she's gotta old lady in the nut hatch out in Idaho.
1949 R. Chandler Little Sister xxxiv. 238 The Chateau Bercy..had..a general air of having been redecorated by a parolee from a nut hatch.
1991 I. Sinclair Downriver i. 10 They thought I was doing the decent thing—bringing him out for the afternoon from the nuthatch.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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