mental home
Britishnoun
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“I mean, there’s a lot more after high school, and I don’t want to be in a mental home or a retirement home with dementia or something,” Biddle said.
From Washington Times
Mr. Ochs demanded that he and his brother, who suffers from a different form of the same condition, take a pledge never to incarcerate the other in a mental home.
From New York Times
There is a mental home near Grasse where I believe they would take her; I can telephone and find out.
From Project Gutenberg
What guests were trying to elbow their way into her mental home?
From Project Gutenberg
All educated Americans, first or last, go to Europe,—perhaps because it is their mental home, as the invalid habits of this country might suggest.
From Project Gutenberg
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