Haight

Proper noun

Meaning

A surname from Old English.

A locality in Beaver County, Alberta, Canada.

A street in San Francisco named after California pioneer and exchange banker Henry Haight; a 1960s rallying point for drug culture, especially LSD (hallucinogenic acid).

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The Haight is just a place; the '60s was a spirit. Ken Kesey

After many people left at the end of summer to resume their college studies, those remaining in the Haight wanted to commemorate the conclusion of the event. Source: Internet

All eyes were on apostle, who was the grandnephew of Isaac Haight, one of the principal participants in the massacre. Source: Internet

At least once, Candide was temporarily barred from entering America: in February 1929, a US customs official in Boston prevented a number of copies of the book, deemed "obscene", Haight (1970), p. 33 from reaching a Harvard University French class. Source: Internet

"According to the hippies, LSD was the glue that held the Haight together. Source: Internet

Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir commented: Haight Ashbury was a ghetto of bohemians who wanted to do anything—- and we did but I don't think it has happened since. Source: Internet

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