hash-slinger

[ hash-sling-er ]

noun

, Slang.

1. a waiter or waitress, especially in a hash house.
2. a short-order cook.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hash-slinger¹

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

Example Sentences

It went something like this: "You may mutter and swear at the reveille call     With its 'Can't get 'em up in the morning;' And you may not be fond of assembly at all     But you drop into line at the warning; Police call will cause you a lot of distress     Though you answer at once or regret it, But you jump when the splinter lips bugle for mess     And the hash slinger yells, 'Come and get it!'"

From Project Gutenberg

Finally, it sees through the girl's eyes that the hot-blooded mariner is actually a gentle, restless wanderer, then through his eyes that the acquiescent hash slinger is a woman made beautiful by extraordinary warmth and spontaneity.

From Time Magazine Archive

Harry Belafonte has been out from under the hammer for a long time, but he pushes on with some of the same fierce drive of the kid in the subway, the hash slinger in the window, the misplaced pop crooner in the jazz dives.

From Time Magazine Archive

Linda Darnell is Stella, a sulkily beautiful hash slinger who is weary of driving men to madness rather than to matrimony.

From Time Magazine Archive

Who'd think that you could have become a writer, and I a hash slinger?

From Project Gutenberg