Etymology
Origin of hatcheck
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”)
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Rorem also seemed intent to view Mozart less as a divine vessel and more as a man: “Mozart’s pain is no less acute than the hatcheck girl’s,” he once quipped.
From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2022
The Belgian-born daughter of Polish Jews, Régine grew up in France, hiding in a convent during the Nazi occupation, before launching her nightclub career as a hatcheck girl at the Whisky à Gogo in Paris.
From Washington Post • May 2, 2022
A dying millionaire perks up after meeting a hatcheck girl posing as his son’s fiancee.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2021
She also studied acting — John Cassavetes was one of her teachers — and supported herself with odd jobs, including as a hatcheck girl at Lutèce.
From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2019
Matman makes a revelation: he and his wife�a hatcheck girl upstairs�are volunteers who work regularly at the club without pay.
From Time Magazine Archive
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
