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
- hash slinger
- slinger
- sling hash
- hash-house
- Eat at Joe's
- cheap as chips
- (as) cheap as chips
- a bit on the side
- bit on the side
- hash up