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cuckoo's nests

cuckoo's nests is the plural of cuckoo's nest.

Meaning of cuckoo's nest

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

Questions about cuckoo's nests

What is cuckoo's nests the plural of?
Cuckoo's nests is the plural of cuckoo's nest.

Words near cuckoo's nests in the dictionary

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

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