Masher
noun, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 One who, or that which, mashes.
- 2 A fashionable man. dated, informal
"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."
- 3 a kitchen utensil used for mashing (e.g. potatoes) wordnet
- 4 A machine for making mash.
- 5 A man who makes often unwelcome advances to women, as in a subway. Australia, Canada, US, dated
""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.""
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- 6 a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women wordnet
Example
More examples"Yanni mashed the fig pieces with a potato masher."
Etymology
From mash + -er.
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.
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