Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
From mash + -er.
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mashers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
potato masher · molar masher · button masher · bean masher
hu nyomó (Translations) · es pasapurés (Translations) · es pasapuré (Translations) · pl tłuczek (Translations)
Either by analogy with masher (“one who presses, softens”), or more likely from Romani masha (“a fascinator, an enticer”), mashdva (“fascination, enticement”). Originally used in theater, and recorded in US in 1870s. Either originally borrowed as masher, from masha, or from mash + -er.
For in this quality of “clubbable,” and the value now put upon it, lies the whole secret of change in our fast men, mashers, and men about town.1886, Punch, volume 91, page 249:
"Oh, gee!" remarked the Girl from Sieber-Mason's, glancing up with the most capable coolness. "Ain't there any way to ever get rid of you mashers? I've tried everything from eating onions to using hatpins. Be on your way, Freddie."c. 1900, O. Henry, The Ferry of Unfulfilment:
"Mama! Do you think that I'd allow a common masher-- Now, really Mama! I have my standards where men are concerned..."1957, Meredith Willson, The Music Man:
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| mashers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
cockscomb · exquisite · macaroni · toff · Jemmy-Jessamy · dike · dood · fine gentleman · foretop · popinjay · petit maître · blood · gallant · buck · dude · fribble · masher · dandy · blade · dandy · dudelet · tippy · fop · fast man · spark · puss-gentleman · carpet knight · jetter · beau · fashionable · jack-a-dandy · smart · barbermonger · mignon · metrosexual · spiff · swell · fop · pretty boy · go · prig
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