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hash houses

hash houses is the plural of hash house.

Meaning of hash house

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.

Questions about hash houses

What is hash houses the plural of?
Hash houses is the plural of hash house.

Words near hash houses in the dictionary

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

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