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cuckoo's nest

cuckoo's nest noun: a lunatic asylum.

Noun

cuckoo's nest (plural cuckoo's nests)

  1. (slang) A lunatic asylum.
    • “Those offices have not been entered since Lyman Soap closed down, right after old Afton was hauled off to the cuckoo's nest in 1907,” said van Graven.2004, August Schwerdfeger, From Bricks to Dust, page 35

Forms of cuckoo's nest

pluralcuckoo's nests

Questions about cuckoo's nest

What does cuckoo's nest mean?
Cuckoo's nest means a lunatic asylum.
What part of speech is cuckoo's nest?
Cuckoo's nest is a noun.
What is the plural of cuckoo's nest?
The plural of cuckoo's nest is cuckoo's nests.

Words near cuckoo's nest in the dictionary

  1. cuckoo wasp
  2. cuckoo wasps
  3. cuckoo's bread
  4. cuckoo's egg
  5. cuckoo's meat
  6. cuckoo's nest
  7. cuckoo's nests
  8. cuckoo-bread
  9. cuckoo-dove
  10. cuckoo-doves
  11. cuckoo-finch

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