cuckoo's nest

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cuckoo's nest

noun cuckoo's nests

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.

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@misc{cuckoo_s_nest_2026,
  title = {cuckoo's nest},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cuckoo's%20nest},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}