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, published 2005, page 86:

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

   • 1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “Tea Don’t Do You that Way”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 2 (1923–1928: Chicago, Chicago), page 88:

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