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Stir-crazy
is always a great word to know.
So is snollygoster. Does it mean:
| a clever, unscrupulous person |
| an act or instance of being taken advantage of or cheated; an instance of being attacked or defeated decisively |
Collins
World English Dictionary
| stir-crazy | |
| —adj | |
| slang mentally disturbed as a result of being in prison or otherwise confined | |
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Word Origin & History
stir-crazy
1908, from stir "prison" (1851), probably from Start Newgate (1757), prison in London, later any prison (1823), probably from Romany stardo "imprisoned," related to staripen "a prison." Mid-19c. sturaban, sturbin "state prison" seem to be transitional forms.
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