grind house
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noun Slang.
a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
a movie theater that shows films throughout the day and all or most of the night.
Nearby words
- grin and bear it,
- grin like a cheshire cat,
- grinch,
- grinch stole christmas, how the,
- grind,
- grind in,
- grind on,
- grind rock,
- grind to a halt,
- grindelia
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Examples from the Web for grindhouse
Robert Rodriguez grindhouse gore-fest, Machete Kills, slices and dices its way into theaters on Oct. 11.
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grindhouse
/ (ˈɡraɪndˌhaʊs) /
noun
mainly US
- a cinema specializing in violent or exploitative films such as martial arts movies from Japan and Hong Kong
- (as modifier)a grindhouse film
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