smasher

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English

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Etymology

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From smash +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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smasher (countable and uncountable, plural smashers)

  1. Something that, or someone who, smashes.
    1. (mining, historical) A person employed to break up waste rock.
  2. (slang) An attractive person (see also smashing).
    • 2019, “Magic of Meghan”, in Sweet Princess EP, performed by Dry Cleaning:
      You got engaged on the day that I moved out. It's OK / She's a smasher, perfectly suited to the role
  3. (slang, dated) Anything very large or extraordinary; a whopper.
  4. (UK, slang, obsolete) One who passes counterfeit coins.
    • 1859, Snowden's magistrates assistant, page 90:
      The price of a case (five shillings piece bad) from the smasher is about one shilling; an alderman (two and sixpence) about sixpence; a peg (shilling) about threepence; a downer or sprat (sixpence) about twopence.
  5. (UK, slang, obsolete) The counterfeit money itself.

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French

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Etymology

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Calque of English to smash, from smash +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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smasher

  1. (tennis) to smash

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