hash house

noun

, Slang.

1. 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.

hash house

noun

1. slang.
   a cheap café or restaurant

Word History and Origins

Origin of hash house¹

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

Example Sentences

With the freedom of the camps he assaulted our ears and claimed the fellowship of men lost in the wilds of a hash house.

From Project Gutenberg

Poor Molly was an indifferent cook, and the food at Rainsford's hash-house was horrible.

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We get pitched out of five before I steer him to a hash house.

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We traveled along the road that leads from the hash house, and met a farmer with a gun.

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He took her by the arm and piloted her across the thoroughfare, then into the dingy hash-house and to a table in a far corner.

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Related Words

• bistro
• cafeteria
• coffee shop
• diner