rat house
noun
1 North American a large conical structure built from marsh vegetation and lived in by muskrats.
2= rat firm (now historical ).
3 Australian and NZ slang a psychiatric hospital.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in The Spirit of the Times: a chronicle of the turf, agriculture, field sports, literature and the stage.
- poetese
- poetess
- poetette
- poethood
- poetic
- looking-glass image
- looking-glass land
- looking-glass plate
- looking-glass tree
- looking-glass world
- looking-glass writing
- looking in
- looking on
- looking over
- looking to
- lookism
- lookist
- lookit
- look kindly on
- look like a bomb's hit it
- look like something the cat brought in
- look lively
- look lively (or dated alive)
- look on
- look one's age