hash slinger
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A cook or food server in a cheap restaurant, especially one who is discourteous or inattentive to customers.
American usage
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "The ‘hash-slinger’ type of waitress of former years has disappeared from the great majority of restaurants."
- "San Diego still has trouble making up its mind as to which it wants to be—a hash-slinger or a gourmet chef."
Usage
- American usage