"hash slinger" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1904 April 8, “The Evolution and Passing of the Popular Fifteen Cent Lunch”, in Weekly News-Review, Indiana, USA, retrieved 2010-12-05, page 1",
          "text": "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 the hash slinger, and, in warm weather, a few flies.",
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          "ref": "1929 June 21, “Says Customer Has Desire To Tip Waitresses”, in San Jose Evening News, retrieved 2010-12-05, page 6",
          "text": "The ‘hash-slinger’ type of waitress of former years has disappeared from the great majority of restaurants.",
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          "ref": "2008 June 17, Nick Canepa, “Tiger, Torrey triumph”, in San Diego Union-Tribune, retrieved 2010-12-05, page A1",
          "text": "San Diego still has trouble making up its mind as to which it wants to be—a hash-slinger or a gourmet chef.",
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        "A cook or food server in a cheap restaurant, especially one who is discourteous or inattentive to customers."
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        "(chiefly US, idiomatic) A cook or food server in a cheap restaurant, especially one who is discourteous or inattentive to customers."
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          "ref": "1904 April 8, “The Evolution and Passing of the Popular Fifteen Cent Lunch”, in Weekly News-Review, Indiana, USA, retrieved 2010-12-05, page 1",
          "text": "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 the hash slinger, and, in warm weather, a few flies.",
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        "(chiefly US, idiomatic) A cook or food server in a cheap restaurant, especially one who is discourteous or inattentive to customers."
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