Etymology

House That Freddy Built

Today it means: The American film and television production studio New Line Cinema. Full definition →

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The story

In reference to Freddy Krueger, a character in the studio's highly successful Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. Presumably modelled on the name of the traditional folk song This Is the House That Jack Built.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.