hashhouse

noun
/ˈhaʃhaʊs/UK

Etymology

From hash + house.

  1. inherited from husen
  2. derived from *(s)kews-
  3. inherited from *hūsą — “house
  4. inherited from *hūs
  5. inherited from hūs — “dwelling, shelter, house
  6. inherited from hous
  7. compounded as hashhouse — “hash + house

Definitions

  1. 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.
    • In the big town, no job, has to deal 'em off the arm in hashhouse again, sad.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hashhouse. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA