to place in a government or bonded warehouse, to be kept until duties are paid.
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Informal. to confine (the mentally ill) to large institutions for long-term custodial care.
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Warehousedis always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
1349, from ware (n.) + house. Cf. Du. warenhuis, Ger. warenhaus. Meaning "large impersonal institution" is Amer.Eng. colloquial, first attested 1970. The verb is recorded from 1799; in the colloquial sense, from 1972.