hashhouse

hashhouse

See also: hash house

English

Etymology

From hash +‎ house.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhaʃhaʊs/

Noun

hashhouse (plural hashhouses)

1. (US, colloquial) A cheap diner or eating-house.
   • 1943, Raymond Chandler, The High Window, Penguin 2005, p. 86:

     ‘We went out about three-thirty or so to get something to eat at the hashhouse around the corner,’ Hench said.

   • 1946, Mezz Mezzrow; Bernard Wolfe, Really the Blues, New York: Random House, page 88:

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