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Meaning of booby house | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

booby-hatch; lunatic asylum

derogatory, slang

Examples

“As for taking the kinks out of weak backs, straightening them out and tightening them up around the waist, that's old stuff in all the booby houses where the keepers clap the patients in strait jackets.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

booby hut booby hutch Booby Island booby prize booby trap booby-hatch

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