sling hash


Serve food in a restaurant, especially a cheap establishment. For example, The only job she could find was slinging hash in the neighborhood diner. This term alludes to the inelegant presentation and nature of the food, in effect, tossing hash before a customer. [Slang; mid-1800s]

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How to use sling hash in a sentence

  • What are you here for but to ‘sling hash’ and learn all the gossip and scandal concerning the boarders?

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