I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
loony bin
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Janet's brother is a complete loony .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He's an absolute utter loony .
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He said I waved at the poor man like a loony .
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I would only trash incoming mail from obvious opponents and obvious loonies.
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Political loony , surprised thief, old lag with a grudge ... it's facts I want, not surmise.
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She felt like a total loony doing these things for herself.
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Two young lads from Hafnarfjödur, a small fishing village near Reykjavik, were going like loonies.
II. adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I can't be loony if I can remember my dream, surely?
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Major was spot on, just as he was dead right to go on to warn Hague against his loony right.
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They felt free to festoon the machine with all sorts of loony filigrees.
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What kind of a loony bin have they got down there in Berkeley, anyway?
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What of the loony fringe that I had so conveniently forgotten?