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hashslinger

hashslinger is the alternative form 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

Forms of hashslinger

pluralhashslingers

Questions about hashslinger

What is hashslinger the alternative form of?
Hashslinger is the alternative form of hash slinger.

Words near hashslinger in the dictionary

  1. hashpipe
  2. hashpipes
  3. hashrate
  4. hashrates
  5. Hashshashin
  6. hashslinger
  7. hashslingers
  8. hasht-nafari
  9. hashtable
  10. hashtables
  11. hashtag

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