mental case
Example Sentences
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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
Only this month Yale dismissed two men, one a mental case, the other a sensual one.
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
Let me tell you why we do not regard Mr. Wetzel as a mental case.
From Call Him Savage by Pollard, John
