hash-slinger
Americannoun
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a waiter or waitress, especially in a hash house.
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a short-order cook.
Etymology
Origin of hash-slinger
An Americanism dating back to 1865–70
Example Sentences
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On the other, it celebrates the American vernacular in the form of Central California whistle-stops, working-class bungalows and Joan Blondell’s impersonating a tipsy hash-slinger out for a night on the town.
From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2017
The hash-slinger down at Minky’s ast me to hand you this.
From The Twins of Suffering Creek by Cullum, Ridgwell
Whether it was a Frisco hash-slinger or a refined bar-lady along the seaboard made no difference to Klondyke.
From The Sailor by Snaith, J. C.
“I reckon you ain’t going to be very popular hereabout as a hash-slinger, Miss Whatever-your-name is.”
From Joan of Arc of the North Woods by Day, Holman
He said she was a hash-slinger before the Red Death, though I don't know what a hash-slinger is.
From The Scarlet Plague by Grant, Gordon
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