Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A room for checking hats and other outer garments.

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  • noun Rare spelling of háček.
  • noun US A room, in a theatre or other such venue, in which hats and other garments may be stored.

Etymologies

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First attested in 1981; see háček.

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

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Examples

  • Beatty always denied the whole thing, the hatcheck girl and the burned clothes.

    STAR PETER BISKIND 2010

  • Beatty showed up, but disappeared for a weekend with the blond hatcheck girl.

    STAR PETER BISKIND 2010

  • His partner for life was Morris Gurlak, the father figure who started him in business and continued in the hatcheck and darkroom concessions, in the restaurants and clubs that they owned together.

    Me, The Mob, And The Music Tommy James 2010

  • His partner for life was Morris Gurlak, the father figure who started him in business and continued in the hatcheck and darkroom concessions, in the restaurants and clubs that they owned together.

    Me, The Mob, And The Music Tommy James 2010

  • Together, they created M & M concessions, which originally handled hatcheck and darkroom business.

    Me, The Mob, And The Music Tommy James 2010

  • His partner for life was Morris Gurlak, the father figure who started him in business and continued in the hatcheck and darkroom concessions, in the restaurants and clubs that they owned together.

    Me, The Mob, And The Music Tommy James 2010

  • The last time I'd had a singles party, Jimmy Carter was president, date rape was unheard of and I had just moved back to D.C. from Vermont after being fired from my job as a hatcheck girl at the Sirloin Saloon because a coat was stolen when I left early (with permission) to visit my boyfriend in New York.

    Susan Orlins: Throw Yourself a Divorce Party -- Worrywart's Do's and Don'ts 2010

  • The last time I'd had a singles party, Jimmy Carter was president, date rape was unheard of and I had just moved back to D.C. from Vermont after being fired from my job as a hatcheck girl at the Sirloin Saloon because a coat was stolen when I left early (with permission) to visit my boyfriend in New York.

    Susan Orlins: Throw Yourself a Divorce Party -- Worrywart's Do's and Don'ts 2010

  • Together, they created M & M concessions, which originally handled hatcheck and darkroom business.

    Me, The Mob, And The Music Tommy James 2010

  • Together, they created M & M concessions, which originally handled hatcheck and darkroom business.

    Me, The Mob, And The Music Tommy James 2010

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