Hatcheck

//ˈhætˌt͡ʃɛk// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A room, in a theatre or other such venue, in which hats and other garments may be stored. US

    "Admission 25 cents—Hatcheck 15 cents."

  2. 2
    Rare spelling of háček. alt-of, rare

    "For certain consonants normally represented with other diacritics (superposed “hatcheck,” subposed dot, bar) capitalization is used instead."

Example

More examples

"Admission 25 cents—Hatcheck 15 cents."

Etymology

Etymology 1

First attested in 1914–1915; formed as hat + check.

Etymology 2

First attested in 1981; see háček.

Related phrases

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