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cuckoo's nest

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Noun1.cuckoo's nestcuckoo's nest - pejorative terms for an insane asylum
booby hatch, crazy house, 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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Dan Taylor in Forrest Gump (1994); and nominations for a Tony Award for Best Director for Buried Child, and as Best Actor for The Grapes of Wrath and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
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