bughouse

Example Sentences

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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

Yet above this book's McLuhanoid jargon and bughouse semantics, one challenging notion shimmers: the hope that the power of commercial television can be decentralized.

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 don't know whether to think you've gone bughouse or not.

From The Day of Days An Extravaganza by Brown, Arthur William