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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An institution for the mentally ill.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun slang An institution for the confinement or treatment of insane persons, such as an insane asylum or the psychiatric ward of a hospital.
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- noun slang
lunatic asylum
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun pejorative terms for an insane asylum
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