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plural mashers
One who, or that which, mashes. examples
(brewing) A machine for making mash. examples
(informal) A fashionable man in the late Victorian era. quotations examples
For in this quality of “clubbable,” and the value now put upon it, lies the whole secret of change in our fast men, mashers, and men about town.
1886, Punch, volume 91, page 249
(Australia, Canada, US) A man who makes often unwelcome advances to women, as in a subway. quotations examples
"Oh, gee!" remarked the Girl from Sieber-Mason's, glancing up with the most capable coolness. "Ain't there any way to ever get rid of you mashers? I've tried everything from eating onions to using hatpins. Be on your way, Freddie."
c. 1900, O. Henry, The Ferry of Unfulfilment