GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Madhouse (?), n.
   1. An house or institution where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum; a bedlam; -- usually used in a deprecatory sense.
   
   Syn. -- Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, insane asylum, loony bin, nuthouse, sanatorium.
   
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   2. Hence: (fig.) A chaotic, raucus or highly disordered situation.
   
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