rat house

English

Noun

rat house (plural rat houses)

1. (Australia, slang) A mental hospital.
   • 1998, Keith B. Saunders, Myall Road, page 91:

     I've had enough, mate. A bloody man is starting to get the Joe Blakes and the dry retches and if a man keeps this up I'm sure to finish in the rat house with the DTs at this rate.

Alternative forms

• rathouse