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hash house

hash house noun: a cheap restaurant.

Noun

hash house (plural hash houses)

  1. (slang) A cheap restaurant.
    • Two hours" deep cogitation resulted in his going to the hash house, and putting one more dinner down to his account.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 149
  2. In the sport of rogaining, a central base camp providing hot meals and a place to sleep.

Forms of hash house

pluralhash houses

Questions about hash house

What does hash house mean?
Hash house means a cheap restaurant.
What part of speech is hash house?
Hash house is a noun.
What is the plural of hash house?
The plural of hash house is hash houses.

Words near hash house in the dictionary

  1. hash codes
  2. hash collision
  3. hash collisions
  4. hash function
  5. hash functions
  6. hash house
  7. hash houses
  8. hash map
  9. hash maps
  10. hash mark
  11. hash marks

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