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mash·er

1   [mash-er]
noun
a person or thing that mashes.
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Origin:
1490–1500; mash1 + -er1

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mash·er

2   [mash-er]
noun Slang.
a man who makes advances, especially to women he does not know, with a view to physical intimacy.
Origin:
1880–85; mash2 + -er1
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mash (mæʃ)
 
—n
1.  a soft pulpy mass or consistency
2.  agriculture a feed of bran, meal, or malt mixed with water and fed to horses, cattle, or poultry
3.  (esp in brewing) a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water, from which malt is extracted
4.  informal (Brit) mashed potatoes
5.  dialect (Northern English) a brew of tea
 
—vb
6.  to beat or crush into a mash
7.  to steep (malt grains) in hot water in order to extract malt, esp for making malt liquors
8.  dialect (Northern English) to brew (tea)
9.  archaic to flirt with
 
[Old English mǣsc- (in compound words); related to Middle Low German mēsch]
 
mashed
 
—adj
 
'masher
 
—n

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masher
1875, Amer.Eng., perhaps in use from 1860, probably from mash (n.) on notion either of "pressing one's attentions," or of "crushing someone else's emotions."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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