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mashers

mashers is the plural of masher.

Meaning of masher

Noun (1)

masher (plural mashers)

  1. One who, or that which, mashes.
  2. A machine for making mash.

Noun (2)

masher (plural mashers)

  1. (dated, informal) A fashionable man.
    • For in this quality of “clubbable,” and the value now put upon it, lies the whole secret of change in our fast men, mashers, and men about town.1886, Punch, volume 91, page 249
  2. (Australia, Canada, US, dated) A man who makes often unwelcome advances to women, as in a subway.
    • "Oh, gee!" remarked the Girl from Sieber-Mason's, glancing up with the most capable coolness. "Ain't there any way to ever get rid of you mashers? I've tried everything from eating onions to using hatpins. Be on your way, Freddie."c. 1900, O. Henry, The Ferry of Unfulfilment

Phrases with mashers

Questions about mashers

What is mashers the plural of?
Mashers is the plural of masher.

Words near mashers in the dictionary

  1. Mashek
  2. Masheks
  3. masher
  4. Masherbrum
  5. masherdom
  6. mashers
  7. mashes
  8. mashes up
  9. mashgiach
  10. mashgiachs
  11. mashgiah

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