Meaning of hash slinger | Babel Free

Definitions

A cook or food server in a cheap restaurant, especially one who is discourteous or inattentive to customers.

US, idiomatic

Examples

“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.”

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