"flusher" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flushers [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌʃə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English flusshere, equivalent to flush + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|flusshere}} Middle English flusshere, {{af|en|flush|-er|id2=agent noun}} flush + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} flusher (plural flushers)
  1. Agent noun of flush: one who flushes. Tags: agent, form-of Form of: flush (extra: one who flushes)
    Sense id: en-flusher-en-noun-nI3NEEym Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 28 21 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 46 26 28 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 76 12 12
  2. The mechanical part of a toilet that causes the toilet bowl's contents to be sucked down the drain.
    Sense id: en-flusher-en-noun-Pdq25is0
  3. (US, politics) A worker for a political campaign who encourages voters to vote on Election Day. Tags: US Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-flusher-en-noun-EQvzzlQD Categories (other): American English Topics: government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: four-flusher

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1996, Larry J. Sabato, Glenn R. Simpson, Dirty Little Secrets: The Persistence of Corruption in American Politics, page 191",
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