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Meaning of cuckoo's nest | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A lunatic asylum.

slang

Equivalents

Suomi käenpesä

Examples

““Those offices have⟳ not been entered since Lyman Soap closed down, right after old Afton was hauled off to the cuckoo's nest in 1907,” said van Graven.”

CEFR level

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

cuckoobud cuckooflower cuckooing cuckooness cuckoopint Cuckoos

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