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mental case

NOUN
a mentally ill person
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The sorry business with Jimmy and Chuck: the latter has no case because Jimmy could always say that he was humoring Chuck, who was certifiably a mental case at the time.

From New York Times Apr. 18, 2016

The DC-8 was the fourth U.S. plane skyjacked since May, and in this case the skywayman was plainly a mental case.

From Time Magazine Archive

He tries it on his wife's obstetrician, who at first thinks Joseph a mental case, then takes fire himself.

From Time Magazine Archive

Only this month Yale dismissed two men, one a mental case, the other a sensual one.

From Time Magazine Archive

Especially so because they think they are physically ill, they did not come to me to be defined as a "mental" case and tend to reject such approaches.

From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Solomon, Steve




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