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gashouse

American  
[gas-hous] / ˈgæsˌhaʊs /

noun

  • gashouses
    plural
  1. gasworks.


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Etymology

Origin of gashouse

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80; gas + house

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Hitherto these compounds have been wasted upon the air of the gashouse district.

From Time Magazine Archive

Only in the gashouse districts of U. S. cities was a parallel to be found to the wind-up last week of California's campaign for Governor.

From Time Magazine Archive

The gashouse gang grew rowdier as one reporter after another shoved in to yell questions over the din.

From Time Magazine Archive

Alfred W. McCann: "Professional dirty work long obsolete even among the carbarn and gashouse gangs."

From Time Magazine Archive

Not very long ago, each gashouse was good for a couple of hundred votes.

From Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: a series of very plain talks on very practical politics, delivered by ex-Senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany philosopher, from his rostrum—the New York County court house bootblack stand; Recorded by William L. Riordon by Plunkitt, George Washington

Ah, gashouses ain't what they used to be!

From Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: a series of very plain talks on very practical politics, delivered by ex-Senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany philosopher, from his rostrum—the New York County court house bootblack stand; Recorded by William L. Riordon by Plunkitt, George Washington

I know the value of every foot of ground in my district, and I calculated long ago that if them gashouses was removed, surroundin' property would go up 100 per cent.

From Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: a series of very plain talks on very practical politics, delivered by ex-Senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany philosopher, from his rostrum—the New York County court house bootblack stand; Recorded by William L. Riordon by Plunkitt, George Washington

When the Remsen Bill, providin' for the removal of the gashouses to Queens County came up.

From Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: a series of very plain talks on very practical politics, delivered by ex-Senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany philosopher, from his rostrum—the New York County court house bootblack stand; Recorded by William L. Riordon by Plunkitt, George Washington

Like any sane man who had my information, I went in and got options on a lot of the property around the gashouses.

From Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: a series of very plain talks on very practical politics, delivered by ex-Senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany philosopher, from his rostrum—the New York County court house bootblack stand; Recorded by William L. Riordon by Plunkitt, George Washington

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