bughouse

Example Sentences

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His sax player, Rocky Morales, told me in the men’s room, “I used to be in the bughouse, but I’m O.K. now.”

From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2013

This is starting to seem less like a skillful game of chess and more like a madcap game of bughouse.

From Forbes • Jan. 31, 2013

Petulant as a small boy he went "bughouse" when crossed, but he was cunning, and he earned the respect of New York City's top crooks.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many a U. S. community knows the type: a great reader, self-taught and apt to be considered mildly bughouse; a man whose passionate hobby is universal history.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Just as bughouse on West Point and the Army as ever, are you?" quizzed Hazelton.

From Dick Prescott's Third Year at West Point Standing Firm for Flag and Honor by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)