plural bughouses
informal + disparaging
: an institution providing care to mentally unsound individuals
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Noun
At the end of Fletcher Knebel's novels, the bughouse president resigns and the coup is foiled.
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Charles P. Pierce,
Esquire,
14 Apr. 2017
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