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baskethouse

baskethouse is the alternative form of basket house.

Meaning of basket house

Noun

basket house (plural basket houses)

  1. (idiomatic) A cafe or similar establishment where musical performances are given and the performers are then paid with money placed in a basket by members of the audience.
    • Like a union is what some bearded beatniks and long-tressed girls are trying to form at Greenwich Village "Basket Houses." "Basket Houses" are coffee houses where they pass the basket to collect tips for the entertainers, who are not on the payroll.1964 August 12, “Beatniks After More Bread”, in Eugene Register-Guard, retrieved 08 Aug 2011

Forms of baskethouse

pluralbaskethouses

Questions about baskethouse

What is baskethouse the alternative form of?
Baskethouse is the alternative form of basket house.

Words near baskethouse in the dictionary

  1. basketflowers
  2. basketful
  3. basketfuls
  4. basketgrass
  5. basketh
  6. baskethouse
  7. baskethouses
  8. basketing
  9. basketings
  10. basketless
  11. basketlike

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