bughouse
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His sax player, Rocky Morales, told me in the men’s room, “I used to be in the bughouse, but I’m O.K. now.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2013
This is starting to seem less like a skillful game of chess and more like a madcap game of bughouse.
From Forbes ● Jan. 31, 2013
To get a laugh from Venezuelan vertebrates in the neighborhood, Beebe and company put up a sign reading "LABORATORIO: MANICOMO," i.e., bughouse.
From Time Magazine Archive
Petulant as a small boy he went "bughouse" when crossed, but he was cunning, and he earned the respect of New York City's top crooks.
From Time Magazine Archive
I could see the instrument panel from where I'd lashed myself fast; it was going completely bughouse.
From Four-Day Planet by H. Beam Piper
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