From en.wiktionary.org:
[hash-slinger]
** English
*** Alternative forms
- [en]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A cook or food server in a cheap restaurant , especially one who is discourteous or inattentive to customers.
2. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=8 April 1904 | titleurl=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=b0QmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XgQGAAAAIBAJ&pg=5581,1852763&dq=hash-slinger&hl=en | title=The Evolution and Passing of the Popular Fifteen Cent Lunch | journal=Weekly News-Review | location=Indiana, USA | page=1 | accessdate=5 Dec 2010
|passage=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.}}
1. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=21 June 1929 | title=Says Customer Has Desire To Tip Waitresses | titleurl=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_lIiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Q6QFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3732,8228346&dq=hash-slinger&hl=en | journal=San Jose Evening News | accessdate=5 Dec 2010 | page=6
|passage=The ‘ HASH-SLINGER’ type of waitress of former years has disappeared
from the great majority of restaurants.}}
1. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=17 June 2008 | author=Nick Canepa | title=Tiger, Torrey triumph | titleurl=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sandiego/access/1497199721.html?dids=1497199721:1497199721&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+17%2C+2008&author=Nick+Canepa&pub=The+San+Diego+Union+-+Tribune&desc=Tiger%2C+Torrey+triumph+%7C+Woods+wins+U.S.+Open+in+sudden+death%3B+city%27s+golf+course+basks+in+the+limelight&pqatl=google | journal=San Diego Union-Tribune | accessdate=5 Dec 2010 | page=A1
|passage=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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