hash-slinger
[ hash-sling-er ]
nounSlang.
a waiter or waitress, especially in a hash house.
a short-order cook.
Origin of hash-slinger
1An Americanism dating back to 1865–70
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How to use hash-slinger in a sentence
He had to try to better it by marrying the Swede hash-slinger from Los Angeles.
The Sheriff's Son | William MacLeod RaineIt was inconceivable that Birdie––or, as he mentally apostrophized her, “this blamed hash-slinger”––should so flout him.
The Twins of Suffering Creek | Ridgwell CullumHe said she was a hash-slinger before the Red Death, though I don't know what a hash-slinger is.
The Scarlet Plague | Jack LondonAnd after a year of that she became waitress in a cheap restaurant—hash-slinger, she called it.
The Night-Born | Jack LondonThen Denver's some in the turtle-dove business, according to that hash-slinger in Cheyenne.
Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West | William MacLeod Raine
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