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masher
/ˈmæʃə(ɹ)/
noun 4
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Definitions
noun
1
One who, or that which, mashes.
2
A machine for making mash.
noun
1
A fashionable man.
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.
2
A man who makes often unwelcome advances to women, as in a subway.
"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."
"Mama! Do you think that I'd allow a common masher-- Now, really Mama! I have my standards where men are concerned..."
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Synonyms
noun — a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women
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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.
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"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 hat
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"Mama! Do you think that I'd allow a common masher-- Now, really Mama! I have my standards where men are concerned..."
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Yanni mashed the fig pieces with a potato masher.
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To make fig jam, Yanni mashed the figs with a potato masher.
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Yanni smashed the figs with a potato masher.
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