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A tool that wins arguments with potatoes through overwhelming, lumpless force.
means A kitchen tool, usually a flat or grid-headed implement on a handle, used to crush soft cooked foods like potatoes into a smooth pulp.
from From the verb 'mash,' which goes back to Old English 'masc' or 'max,' meaning a mixture — particularly the soft mash of grain steeped in hot water for brewing beer. The brewing sense came first; the potatoes came later. The '-er' simply names the thing that does the mashing, the way a 'cutter' cuts. (A side note: in the late 1800s 'masher' also meant a flashy young man who fancied himself irresistible to women — a sense now thoroughly mashed by time, leaving the potatoes in sole possession of the word.)
- victorian slang
- Once meant a flashy dandy chasing women
- design
- Holes or wires that shred resistance into smoothness
- the enemy
- Overmashing makes glue, not mash
- versatile
- Crushes beans, avocados, eggs, and dignity
potato masher — kitchen utensil with perforated head, invented in 19th century america for crushing potatoes
captain masher — nickname of john masten, british cricketer who aggressively smashed the ball in 1880s-1890s