booby-hatch

See also: booby hatch

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Noun

booby-hatch (plural booby-hatches)

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

Translations

nautical: hatchway

• Finnish: kulkuluukku

pejorative: lunatic asylum

• Finnish: hullujenhuone (fi)
• Polish: wariatkowo (pl) n