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madhouse definition

mad·house (mad′ho̵us′)

noun

  1. a former kind of institution for the confinement of the mentally ill; insane asylum
  2. any place of turmoil, noise, and confusion

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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