hash house

noun

A cheap restaurant.

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Meanings

nounhash house (plural hash houses)

plural hash houses

  1. slangA cheap restaurant.

    Two hours" deep cogitation resulted in his going to the hash house, and putting one more dinner down to his account.

    1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 149
  2. In the sport of rogaining, a central base camp providing hot meals and a place to sleep.
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Chicago

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