What does bughouse mean?
Bughouse means (US, slang) A flea-infested hotel, lodging-house etc..
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/ˈbʌɡhaʊs/ · noun
(US, slang) A flea-infested hotel, lodging-house etc..
Well, he was ready for the bughouse, certainly.
“Get up and dress. I can stand a rattlesnake, but I hate a liar. Do I have to tell you again?” He caught McGuire by the neck and stood him on the floor. / “Say, friend,” cried McGuire wildly, “are you bughouse? I’m sick—see? I’ll croak if I got to hustle. What’ve I done to yer?”—he began his chronic whine—“I never asked yer to⸺”
'Just what's up on this train? It seems bughouse to me.'
Ewball, man, that is some bughouse talk.
Use bughouse when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bughouse means (US, slang) A flea-infested hotel, lodging-house etc..
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Well, he was ready for the bughouse, certainly.
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