ricer

Noun

ricer (plural ricers)

1. (US) A person, especially a Native American, who cultivates and harvests rice.
   • He opened the cashbox and counted out the money, and Martin handed it on to one of the ricers.
     "Where are you guys ricing tomorrow?" he said.
     "Down in the Refuge," the ricer with the money said.1967, The New Yorker, Volume 43, Part 6, page 41
   • In exchange for use of a buyer's boat, the ricers were to sell what they harvested exclusively to him.1988, Thomas Vennum, Wild Rice and the Ojibway People, page 229
2. A utensil used to extrude soft foods (especially, cooked potato) through holes about the diameter of a grain of rice.
   • He cooked a roast, made applesauce with the ricer and used every size pan he could find to cook vegetables.2007, Patricia Webster Stewart, Stuck in My Own Family Tree, page 25
   • Ricers can also be used for mashing other root vegetables, as well as starchy ones like broad (fava) beans and peas.2008, Leanne Kitchen, The Greengrocer, page 14

   Synonyms:

   potato ricer

3. (US, derogatory, slang) An automobile, especially one imported from an Oriental country, deemed inferior or cheap, that has been modified with after-market parts in order to appear more powerful or sporty.

   Synonyms:

   rice burner

4. (derogatory, slang) A person who drives such an automobile.