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  1. booby-hatch: Wordnik
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  1. booby-hatch: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (booby-hatch)

▸ noun:  (nautical) A small hatchway in the deck of a ship.
▸ noun:  (slang, derogatory) A lunatic asylum, workhouse, or similar institution.

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booby hatch, hatch, hatchwork, booby hut, caboose, coursey, well, sea chest, bulge, buttery hatch, more...

Opposite:
sane, normal, rational, lucid, coherent

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booby hatch, hatch, hatchwork, booby hut, caboose, coursey, well, sea chest, bulge, buttery hatch, more...

Opposite:
sane, normal, rational, lucid, coherent



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