noun
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one that dashes
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the ledge along the top of the boards of an ice hockey rink
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the plunger in a churn, often with paddles attached
Etymology
Origin of dasher
Example Sentences
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The dasher boards comprising the wall’s lower half featured gaps large enough to trap a stick blade, and at least one panel featured a large crack.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 14, 2020
But Washington’s hot start cooled when Holtby pointed out a hole in the dasher board behind his net.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 4, 2017
Fleury got so frustrated that he slammed his stick against the boards behind his net and got the blade stuck in the gap where the glass meets the dasher.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2013
Churning butter with old-fashioned dasher churn, East Aurora, N.Y.,
From Slate ● Nov. 28, 2012
When she would get through churning, she would take the dasher out to wash it.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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