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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

If considered a mental case he may enter a madman's cell, on Ile St. Joseph.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Said one top police official: "This looks like completely a mental case, and if that's what finally comes out, that should wrap it up."

From Time Magazine Archive

Here should come a letter to Mr. Hudson dated February 1, 1826, recommending a nurse for a mental case.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Lamb, Mary




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