belfry n.
the head.
North American (Phila., PA) 26 July 4/3: If you would be up to date don’t tell a man he has trolleys in his head; but impress upon him the fact that he has ‘bats in his belfry.’. | ||
Times Dispatch (Richmond, VA) 10 Mar. 55/1: ‘You must think the Boss is as balmy in the belfry as you blue lobsters’. | ||
A. Mutt in Blackbeard Compilation (1977) 40: There is no doubt that the accused had a few screws loose in his belfry. | ||
Queed 84: Something loose in his belfry, as ye might have surmised from them damfool tax-drools. | ||
Torchy 17: Ah, brush your belfry! [...] Your mind needs chloride of lime on it. | ||
St Louis Post Dispatch (MO) 17 Aug. 47/6: Anybody who can think a theatrical syndicate out of $225,000 [...] has no flaws in his belfry. | ||
Eve. Teleg. (Dundee) 8 Sept. 3/2: We are sure getting an ache in the belfry figuring out how he gets that way. | ||
McAlmon and the Lost Generation (1976) 61: People get old sitting on their behinds while they rot in their belfries. | ‘Blithe Insecurities’ in Knoll||
‘Gorilla Grogan’ in Bulletin (Sydney) 26 July 40/2: ‘[H]e don’t take his thinkin’ exercises too regular’ [...] ‘Cobwebs in the belfry?’. | ||
Argot: Dict. of Und. Sl. | ||
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Q&A 87: Think I’m crazy in the belfry? |