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FUNNY FARM

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English dictionary: Word overview

FUNNY FARM (noun)
  The noun FUNNY FARM has 1 sense:

1. pejorative terms for an insane asylum

  Familiarity information: FUNNY FARM used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


FUNNY FARM (noun)


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Meaning:

Pejorative terms for an insane asylum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

loony bin; nut house; madhouse; funny house; funny farm; cuckoo's nest; crazy house; booby hatch; nuthouse; sanatorium; Bedlam; snake pit

Hypernyms ("funny farm" is a kind of...):

asylum; insane asylum; institution; mental home; mental hospital; mental institution; psychiatric hospital (a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person)


English Proverbs
"Live and let die."
(English proverb)
"Complete idiot who can keep silent, to a wise man is similar"
(Breton proverb)
"Whatever you sow, that's what you'll reap."
(Armenian proverb)
"Cards play and gamblers brag."
(Corsican proverb)


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