hash slinger

hash slinger

A cook or a waitress, especially at a diner or cheap restaurant. ("Hash," in this sense, refers to a dish or stew of chopped meat and vegetables, not hashish.) Primarily heard in US. I worked as a hash slinger for several years to pay my way through college.
See also: hash, slinger
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

hash-slinger

n. a cook, waiter, or waitress in a hash-house. I worked as a hash-slinger in an all-night diner.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • hash-slinger
  • slinger
  • sling hash
  • hash-house
  • Eat at Joe's
  • (as) cheap as chips
  • cheap as chips
  • a bit on the side
  • bit on the side
  • hash up
References in periodicals archive
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Dad arranges John's virginity loss to a 40-year-old German hash slinger, this sea is show's most outrageous, with graphic, surreal descriptions that may strike some as crude.
Freak
You'll be glad you did, and those hard-working hash slingers will appreciate your business.
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