hash slinger | Idiomator

Meaning: (chieflyUS,idiomatic)Acookor foodserverin acheaprestaurant, especially one who isdiscourteousorinattentiveto customers.1904April 8, “The Evolution and Passing of the Popular Fifteen Cent Lunch”, inWeekly News-Review, Indiana, USA, retrieved5 December 2010, page 1:At first the spread was not very elaborate. . . . Originally it consisted of a chunk of well greased sole leather served hot, two boiled potatoes, a cup of muddy coffee, a bold of bread, a grunt or growl from thehash slinger, and, in warm weather, a few flies.1929June 21, “Says Customer Has Desire To Tip Waitresses”, inSan Jose Evening News, retrieved5 December 2010, page 6:The ‘hash-slinger’ type of waitress of former years has disappeared from the great majority of restaurants.2008June 17, Nick Canepa, “Tiger, Torrey triumph”, inSan Diego Union-Tribune, retrieved5 December 2010, page A1:San Diego still has trouble making up its mind as to which it wants to be—ahash-slingeror a gourmet chef.

Examples:

EN: You've promoted everything from prize-fighters to fan dancers... but I doubt if even you, maestro, could make a lady out of a hash slinger.
ES: Has representado desde boxeadores hasta bailarinas... pero ni tú podrías convertir en dama a una simple camarera.
EN: Listen, you little hash slinger, don't give me any of that "lady" stuff, or I'll bite you.
ES: Escucha, camarerita, no me vengas... con ese tonito de "dama" o te morderé.
EN: You're workin' as a hash slinger?
ES: ¿Trabajas como camarera?
EN: That hash slinger across the street says you are too.
ES: La camarera de la cafetería no te aprecia mucho.
ID: Pemilik kafe di seberang jalan itu bilang kau begitu juga.
EN: Sure, you made a lady out of me. The best dressed hash slinger in Chicago.
ES: Claro, me convertiste en una dama, ...la camarera de comida rápida mejor vestida de Chicago.
EN: It wouldn't be nice for a famous professor whose picture's on the cover of a big magazine... to be seen out with a hash slinger!
ES: No sería correcto que a un famoso profesor cuya foto es portada en una revista famosa lo vieran saliendo con una cocinera de tres al cuarto.
EN: Butch McGee, a hash slinger at the diner... and a Good Samaritan by the name of Marty Potter.
ES: Butch McGee, cocinero de la cafetería y un buen samaritano llamado Marty Potter.
ID: Butch McGee, seorang pemakan hash di restoran... dan seorang Samaria yang Baik Hati bernama Marty Potter.
EN: Yo, hash slinger.
ES: Tu, lanzadora de picadillo.
EN: But the guy's a hash slinger.
ES: Pero es cocinero.
EN: Well, hash slinger, what are you looking so high and mighty about?
ID: Pelayan, apa yang membuatmu terlihat begitu berlagak dan belagu?
EN: You got two hands, hash slinger.
ID: Kau punya dua tangan, pelayan.

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