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hatcheck

[ hat-chek ]

adjective

  1. of, noting, or engaged in the checking of hats, coats, umbrellas, etc., into temporary safekeeping:

    a hatcheck girl.

  2. used in checking of hats, coats, etc.:

    a hatcheck room.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of hatcheck1

1915–20; hat + check 1 (in the sense of “a ticket or token of ownership of an article left in the temporary custody of another”)

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