Meaning

4 senses

  1. (US, slang)A flea-infested hotel, lodging-house etc.

  2. (US, slang)A prison.

  3. (US, slang)A hospital, especially a lunatic asylum.

  4. (South Africa, slang)A cheap and dirty cinema.

Origin

From bug + house.

From bug + house.

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Forms

plural: bughouses
Singularbughouse
Pluralbughouses

regular

Word family

1 related words
Derivedbughouse chess

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
buggerbuggybuglebuildA1

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