hatcheck
UK/ˈhætˌt͡ʃɛk/
hatcheck noun: a room, in a theatre or other such venue, in which hats and other garments of the patrons may be stored while visiting. Also the rare spelling of háček.
Noun
hatcheck (plural hatchecks)
- A room, in a theatre or other such venue, in which hats and other garments of the patrons may be stored while visiting.
- Admission 25 cents—Hatcheck 15 cents.1914–1915, Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman (editors), Mother Earth Bulletin (Greenwood Reprint Corp.), series 1, volume 9, page 369
- The following appeal in French and in English is handed out with the hatchecks in Henri’s Restaurant, Lynbrook, Long Island, of which Henri Charpentier is the amiable owner. Evidently this is not a restaurant to be patronized by persons who refuse to mix hate with their cocktails. It might...1919, George Sylvester Viereck, Viereck’s (The Fatherland Corp.), volume 10, page 155
Also used as
hatcheck is also the rare spelling of háček.
Forms of hatcheck
| plural | hatchecks |
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Origin of hatcheck
First attested in 1914–1915; formed as hat + check.
First attested in 1981; see háček.
Words formed from hatcheck
Questions about hatcheck
- What does hatcheck mean?
- Hatcheck means a room, in a theatre or other such venue, in which hats and other garments of the patrons may be stored while visiting.
- What part of speech is hatcheck?
- Hatcheck is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hatcheck?
- Hatcheck is pronounced /ˈhætˌt͡ʃɛk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of hatcheck?
- The plural of hatcheck is hatchecks.
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