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hatcheck

noun
/ˈhætˌt͡ʃɛk/UK

Etymology

First attested in 1914–1915; formed as hat + check.

  1. derived from *tek-✻
  2. derived from *kšáyati✻
  3. derived from 𐏋
  4. derived from 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠
  5. derived from شَاه
  6. derived from شَاه
  7. derived from scaccus
  8. derived from eschec,eschek,eschac
  9. inherited from chek,chekke
  10. compounded as hatcheck — “hat + check”

Definitions

  1. A room, in a theatre or other such venue, in which hats and other garments may be stored.

    • Admission 25 cents—Hatcheck 15 cents.

  2. Rare spelling of háček.

    • For certain consonants normally represented with other diacritics (superposed “hatcheck,” subposed dot, bar) capitalization is used instead.
    • In other transcription systems…[ʃ], [ʒ], [tʃ], and [dʒ] are written with hatchecks: [š], [ž], [č], [ǰ].

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