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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