hash house

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Recent Examples of hash house Founded in 1944 by Sammy Powell, the hash house was later owned by Khalid Farhoud, who passed it on in 1996. Kat Tran updated July 25, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2025 Tangier is more than just colonial patina and hash houses. Graham H. Cornwell, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2023 Sensing her discomfort, Young offered her some memorably sage advice: ‘This is just another hash house on the road to success. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hash house
Noun
  • The family-friendly films begin around 7:40 p.m.; the snack bar opens at 7 p.m. Attendees can also bring their own snacks and should bring blankets or lawn chairs to sit on.
    Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 20 July 2025
  • Other improvements in the works for the campus on Via de la Cumbre include a parking lot expansion funded by the RSF Association and a new snack bar funded by the golf club.
    Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Their idea: If a white person of influence took a Black person to a segregated lunch counter, the restaurant would not want to say no to the white person.
    Damenica Ellis July 25, Charlotte Observer, 25 July 2025
  • As a public institution, the lunch counter, devoid of tricky reservations and élite tables, represents a certain idea of equality.
    Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • New York has always been a steak-house town, even when steak houses weren’t cool.
    Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The newest in the chain is Felice Port Chester, located in what had been a vast 7,600 square foot warehouse dating to 1903, in recent years converted into a steak house, then a seafood restaurant.
    John Mariani, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • In my school cafeteria, meals are often processed and lack the nutritional value students need.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2025
  • Sitting in the packed and tense cafeteria at George Westinghouse College Prep School in Humboldt Park, Marquis Griffin did not envision himself having to be at the school on a Tuesday night in July, his children in tow and anxious to run around.
    Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2025

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“Hash house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hash%20house. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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