hash house

See also: hashhouse

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Noun

hash house (plural hash houses)

  1. (slang) A cheap restaurant.
    • 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 149:
      Two hours" deep cogitation resulted in his going to the hash house, and putting one more dinner down to his account.
  2. In the sport of rogaining, a central base camp providing hot meals and a place to sleep.
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