Well, he was ready for the bughouse, certainly.
Source: wiktionary
Bughouse
//ˈbʌɡhaʊs//
Synonyms for "bughouse" (84 found)
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“Get up and dress. I can stand a rattlesnake, but I hate a liar. Do I have to tell you again?” He caught McGuire by the neck and stood him on the floor. / “Say, friend,” cried McGuire wildly, “are you bughouse? I’m sick—see? I’ll croak if I got to hustle. What’ve I done to yer?”—he began his chronic whine—“I never asked yer to⸺”
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'Just what's up on this train? It seems bughouse to me.'
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Ewball, man, that is some bughouse talk.
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