loony bin

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loony bin - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  loony bin \loony bin\ (l[=oo]n"[y^] b[i^]n) n.
     An institution for the confinement or treatment of insane
     persons, such as an insane asylum or the psychiatric ward of
     a hospital. [slang]
  
     Syn: mental institution.
          [PJC]

loony bin - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  loony bin
      n 1: pejorative terms for an insane asylum [syn: Bedlam,
           booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm
           , funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house,
           nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit]