If you're going up north, be sure to call a tip jar "the loony bin." They'll take you for one of their own.

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If Understand American English correctly, then a loony is a 1 cent piece.

If you say loony bin in the UK, I think it used to mean psychiatric ward.

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Loony bin is the same in UK and American Englishes. Loonie is the nickname for the Canadian dollar coin since 1987, featuring a loon. "Loony bin" for "tip jar" (and I should have used the coin's spelling) is a dad joke-level pun I dressed up a little.

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