apartments to let

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apartments to let pl (plural only)

  1. (slang, humorous) The condition of being stupid or crazy.
    • 2019, Credo Fitch Harris, Wings of the Wind:
      "He's got apartments to let upstairs."
      "Get out, man," I laughed. "That chap has more sense than either of us!"
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see apartment,‎ let.

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References edit

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary