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Meanings of booby hatch in английском

каталонский
casa de boigs
испанский
casa de locos

Pejorative terms for an insane asylum.

casa de boigs
Usage of booby hatch in английском
1
They finally put him in the booby hatch, poor feller.
Sheila of Big Wreck Cove: A Story of Cape Cod
2
She said, Carry Mom to the booby hatch'n leave her on the steps, I guess.
Winter’s Bone
3
They've even threatened to have him thrown in the booby hatch just to get rid of him.
White Hunter, Black Heart
4
He had slipped down the booby hatch into the big after-room and thence through the hallway to my room.
The Mutiny of the Elsinore
5
They sized him up as being just another of those inventor bugs and so sent him to the booby hatch in Bellevue.
The Boy Aviators' Treasure Quest; Or, The Golden Galleon
6
You'd go a far piece to find one that wouldn't hand you a few tracts to read while he phoned the booby hatch.
Night Shift
7
The entire after half of the vessel is a clear sweep of deck with the exception of a booby hatch to crews' quarters well aft.
Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights
8
"We'd end up in the booby hatch."
Ghost Story
9
"One cleated down for'ard, one slung on the midship davits, and I think I make hout one on t'other side past the booby hatch."
The Cruise of the Dry Dock
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Translations for booby hatch
испанский
casa de locos