"waffle house" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: waffle houses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} waffle house (plural waffle houses)
  1. Alternative form of wafflehouse. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: wafflehouse
    Sense id: en-waffle_house-en-noun-yVIkqi7v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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