gashouse

[ gas-hous ]

noun

, plural gas·hous·es [gas, -hou-ziz].

1. gasworks.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gashouse¹

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80; gas + house

Example Sentences

With two games to go in the season, the Giants are tied with St. Louis and their Gashouse Gang for first place.

From Los Angeles Times

Meet the 2021 Dodgers, a team that is going to write the kind of stirring sequel rarely seen in Hollywood, an emphatic baseball encore that will lock down Murderer’s Row, smother the Gashouse Gang, and turn the Big Red Machine blue.

From Los Angeles Times

Even though the Gorillas are nominally named after the Gashouse Gang, the raucous St. Louis Cardinals teams of the 1930s, they more closely resemble the Murderers’ Row New York Yankees teams of the 1920s, featuring Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.

From Washington Post

It’s Bugs Bunny, in fact, who seems to channel Gashouse Gang star pitcher Dizzy Dean, with his cocky persona and homespun personality.

From Washington Post

From there, it was a seven-minute walk to her parents' home in Sir Williams Lane, via White Hart Street and Gashouse Hill.

From BBC