hashhouse
UK/ˈhaʃhaʊs/
hashhouse noun: a cheap diner or eating-house.
Noun
hashhouse (plural hashhouses)
- A cheap diner or eating-house.
- ‘We went out about three-thirty or so to get something to eat at the hashhouse around the corner,’ Hench said.1943, Raymond Chandler, The High Window, Penguin, published 2005, page 86
- In the big town, no job, has to deal 'em off the arm in hashhouse again, sad.1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “Tea Don’t Do You that Way”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 2 (1923–1928: Chicago, Chicago), page 88
Forms of hashhouse
| plural | hashhouses |
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Origin of hashhouse
From hash + house.
Questions about hashhouse
- What does hashhouse mean?
- Hashhouse means a cheap diner or eating-house.
- What part of speech is hashhouse?
- Hashhouse is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hashhouse?
- Hashhouse is pronounced /ˈhaʃhaʊs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of hashhouse?
- The plural of hashhouse is hashhouses.
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