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hash slinger en · NOUN
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(US, idiomatic) A cook or food server in a cheap restaurant, especially one who is discourteous or inattentive to customers.
At first the spread was not very elaborate. . . . Originally it consisted of a chunk of well greased sole leather served hot, two boiled potatoes, a cup of muddy coffee, a bold of bread, a grunt or growl from the hash slinger, and, in warm weather, a few flies.
1904 April 8, “The Evolution and Passing of the Popular Fifteen Cent Lunch”, in Weekly News-Review, Indiana, USA, retrieved 05 Dec 2010, page 1:The ‘hash-slinger’ type of waitress of former years has disappeared from the great majority of restaurants.
1929 June 21, “Says Customer Has Desire To Tip Waitresses”, in San Jose Evening News, retrieved 05 Dec 2010, page 6:San Diego still has trouble making up its mind as to which it wants to be—a hash-slinger or a gourmet chef.
2008 June 17, Nick Canepa, “Tiger, Torrey triumph”, in San Diego Union-Tribune, retrieved 05 Dec 2010, page A1:
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