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bughouses

bughouses is the plural of bughouse.

Meaning of bughouse

Noun

bughouse (plural bughouses)

  1. (US, slang) A flea-infested hotel, lodging-house etc.
  2. (US, slang) A prison.
  3. (US, slang) A hospital, especially a lunatic asylum.
    • Well, he was ready for the bughouse, certainly.1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 277
  4. (South Africa, slang) A cheap and dirty cinema.

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Questions about bughouses

What is bughouses the plural of?
Bughouses is the plural of bughouse.

Words near bughouses in the dictionary

  1. Bughea de Sus
  2. Bughead
  3. Bugho
  4. bughouse
  5. bughouse chess
  6. bughouses
  7. Bugi
  8. bugia
  9. bugias
  10. bugicide
  11. bugicides

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