hash house
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of hash house
An Americanism dating back to 1865–70
Example Sentences
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It’s another hash house on the road to success.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2016
“But rather than turn the Colony into a hash house, I prefer to close.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2016
With her ashtray complex working overtime, Suzy makes a bachelor girl's flat out of an abandoned 16-ft. boiler and starts slinging ham & eggs at the local hash house.
From Time Magazine Archive
Granted, Planet Hollywood is not your average hash house.
From Time Magazine Archive
But explanations were in order—apologies, too—and over a bowl of chili at the Kansas City hash house that Dick liked best, the Eagle Buffet, Dick supplied them.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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