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/smˈæʃər/ Listen

noun

Smasher n.

One who, or that which, smashes or breaks things to pieces.

Anything very large or extraordinary. (Slang)

One who passes counterfeit coin. (Cant, Eng.)

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Etymology of 'Smasher'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Smasher" Quotes from Famous Books

... smasher!" said the father, delighted; "he'll make it fly, he thinks;" and, taking the baby on his knee, he laughed merrily, as Mary and her mother pursued the rolling ...

— The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings • Harriet Beecher Stowe

... press had discussed little but the coming boxing contest between Smasher Mike and the famous heavy-weight champion, Mauler Mills, for a purse of L20,000 and enormous side stakes. Photographs of the Mauler in every conceivable attitude had been published daily, together with portraits ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 26th, 1914 • Various

... Roch, what can he want with that old trunk? It was an old box, painted black, and thickly studded with nails. It was a shaky looking affair, and did not look as if it would stand much of a chance with a modern "baggage smasher." It had some old tags pasted on it, which showed where it had been. One which was partly scraped off, read Montgomery, another Galveston, and still ...

— The Expressman and the Detective • Allan Pinkerton