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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Nautical A raised covering over a small hatchway.
  2. n. Offensive Slang An institution for the mentally ill.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Nautical, a wooden framework with sashes and a sliding cover, used in merchant vessels to cover the afterhatch.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Alternative form of booby-hatch.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Naut.), [Colloq.] an insane asylum.
  2. n. See under Booby, Buttery, etc.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. pejorative terms for an insane asylum

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  1. mental institution
  1. asylum
  1. mental home
  1. insane asylum
  1. psychiatric hospital
  1. institution
  1. mental hospital

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  • reesetee Aboard ship, a booby hatch is a sliding cover or hatch that must be pushed away to allow access or passage. Dec 10, 2007

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