Meanings
nounrat house (plural rat houses)
plural rat houses · alternative rathouse
- AustraliaslangA mental hospital.
I've had enough, mate. A bloody man is starting to get the Joe Blakes and the dry retches and if a man keeps this up I'm sure to finish in the rat house with the DTs at this rate.
1998, Keith B. Saunders, Myall Road, page 91
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