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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At a truck stop Krass meets Johnny, a waifish, boyish-looking hash-slinger played by Jane Birkin, Gainsbourg’s wife at the time.
From New York Times
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
Whether it was a Frisco hash-slinger or a refined bar-lady along the seaboard made no difference to Klondyke.
From Project Gutenberg
The pudding-faced man in the hash-slinger's hat and white starched jacket was blowing his heart into an old World War I bugle.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was inconceivable that Birdie––or, as he mentally apostrophized her, “this blamed hash-slinger”––should so flout him.
From Project Gutenberg
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