rat house

English

Noun

rat house (plural rat houses)

(Australia, slang) A mental hospital.
- 1998, Keith B. Saunders, Myall Road, page 91:
  I've had enough, mate. A bloody man is starting to get the Joe Blakes and the dry retches and if a man keeps this up I'm sure to finish in the rat house with the DTs at this rate.

Alternative forms

rathouse

Anagrams

house rat, outhears, share-out, art-house, arouseth, arthouse, art house, share out, shareout

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