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mash⋅er

1[mash-er]
–noun
a person or thing that mashes.

Origin:
1490–1500; mash 1 + -er 1

mash⋅er

2[mash-er]
–noun Slang.
a man who makes advances, esp. to women he does not know, with a view to physical intimacy.

Origin:
1880–85; mash 2 + -er 1
mash·er   (māsh'ər)   


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n.  
  1. A kitchen utensil for mashing vegetables or fruit.
  2. Slang A man who attempts to force his attentions on a woman.

Masher

Mash"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, mashes; also (Brewing), a machine for making mash.

2. A charmer of women. [Slang] --London Punch.

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."
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