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laughing academies

laughing academies is the plural of laughing academy.

Meaning of laughing academy

Noun

laughing academy (plural laughing academies)

  1. (slang) A mental hospital.
    • Tell me, do you think your old man has slipped his trolley—that he belongs in a laughing academy?1971 Oct. 11, Stefan Kanfer, "Cinema: Senescent Saint" (film review of Kotch), Time (retrieved 7 June 2014)
    Synonyms:
    bedlam, bin, booby-hatch, booby house, bughouse, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, happy hotel, insane asylum

Questions about laughing academies

What is laughing academies the plural of?
Laughing academies is the plural of laughing academy.

Words near laughing academies in the dictionary

  1. laughier
  2. laughies
  3. laughiest
  4. laughin'
  5. laughing
  6. laughing academies
  7. laughing academy
  8. laughing all the way to the bank
  9. laughing at
  10. laughing away
  11. Laughing Bird Caye

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