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booby hatch

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booby hatch
n.
1. Nautical A raised covering over a small hatchway.
2. Offensive Slang An institution for the mentally ill.
booby hatch
n
1. a hoodlike covering for a hatchway on a ship
2. US slang a mental hospital
booby hatch - First a kind of wooden hood over a hatch, readily removable.
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Noun1.booby hatch - pejorative terms for an insane asylumbooby hatch - pejorative terms for an insane asylum
crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit, Bedlam
mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital, insane asylum, asylum, institution - a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
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The only breaks-- and no beams had been cut for them--were the main cabin skylight and companionway, the booby hatch for'ard over the tiny forecastle, and the small hatch aft that let down into the store-room.
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