hash house

hash house

noun Slang.
an inexpensive restaurant, diner, or the like, that serves a limited number of short-order dishes: We stopped for lunch at a roadside hash house.

Origin:
1865–70, Americanism
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Hash house is always a great word to know.
So is schlock. Does it mean:
something of cheap or inferior quality; junk
a preoccupation, fixation, or psychological block; a source of annoying difficulty or burden; a recurring snag
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hash house
 
n
slang (US) a cheap café or restaurant

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hash-house definition


  1. n.
    a cheap diner. (Where hash might be on the menu.) : Tom worked for two days as a hash-slinger in a hash-house.
  2. n.
    a place where hashish is sold and used. (Drugs.) : This hash-house is due for a raid. Let's hit it.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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