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
  • At Kitty’s Cafe in midtown Kansas City, with just two chairs at a small lunch counter, that wisdom holds true.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2025
  • Golden was reared on jazz and experimental theater by her parents, who ran a lunch counter in Brooklyn.
    Jeff Gage, Rolling Stone, 20 May 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
  • More than 8 in 10 students reported feeling safe in the hallways, bathrooms, locker rooms and cafeterias.
    Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2025
  • There was a slapstick randomness to these loves conducted in dozens of languages during movie nights or dance lessons, or in the cafeteria, where everyone went despite the dullest food in the city in case a potential romance awaited by the steamed-vegetable medley.
    Kiran Desai, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2025

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“Hash house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hash%20house. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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