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hash slingers

hash slingers is the plural of hash slinger.

Meaning of hash slinger

Noun

hash slinger (plural hash slingers)

  1. (US, idiomatic) A cook or food server in a cheap restaurant, especially one who is discourteous or inattentive to customers.
    • At first the spread was not very elaborate. . . . Originally it consisted of a chunk of well greased sole leather served hot, two boiled potatoes, a cup of muddy coffee, a bold of bread, a grunt or growl from the hash slinger, and, in warm weather, a few flies.1904 April 8, “The Evolution and Passing of the Popular Fifteen Cent Lunch”, in Weekly News-Review, Indiana, USA, retrieved 05 Dec 2010, page 1

Questions about hash slingers

What is hash slingers the plural of?
Hash slingers is the plural of hash slinger.

Words near hash slingers in the dictionary

  1. hash run
  2. hash runs
  3. hash sign
  4. hash signs
  5. hash slinger
  6. hash slingers
  7. hash table
  8. hash tables
  9. hash trail
  10. hash trails
  11. hash tree

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