"madhouse" (fig.) (1865)

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM
Tue May 31 21:09:44 UTC 2005


OED has no figurative "madhouse" before the 20th C.

1865 T. Lynch "Diary," in _Civil War Times Illustrated_ (June, 2005) 22 "House of Represents. [_sic_]...It seemed more like a mad house than a Hall for Legislation.

JL


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