Mashers

Let some brazen woman take the place of one of these street "mashers," and proceed to ogle passers-by, and see how quickly the police would gather her in. ❋ Clara Morris (N/A)

For a like reason the Yellow Bedstraw has become known as "Petty mugget," from the French _petit muguet_, a little dandy, as applied in ridicule to effeminate young men, the _Jemmy Jessamies_, or "mashers" of the period. ❋ William Thomas Fernie (N/A)

He himself had seen a group of the odious "mashers" with his own eyes; Buck had pointed them out as they walked up. ❋ Henry Sydnor Harrison (1905)

The "mashers" and "crutch and toothpick brigade" of the stage were rather the progenitors than imitators of the type, and the Gibson girls were more numerous after the appearance of Miss Camille Clifford than before she came to London. ❋ Edward Fordham Spence (1896)

A fortnight afterwards, however, when on attending court as usual he had the pleasure of seeing some seven or eight Zu-Vendi 'mashers' arrayed in all the glory of a very fair imitation of his full-dress uniform, he changed his mind. ❋ Henry Rider Haggard (1890)

The cynical insolence of the letter, together with its entire want of form, was a perfect example of the style affected by those loiterers about town, known to the Parisians as "mashers;" and yet Rose did not appear at all disgusted by the reception of such an unworthily worded proposal, but, on the contrary, rather pleased by its contents. ❋ ��mile Gaboriau (1852)

Add in recent big-ticket picks that the Red Sox have not signed, such as mashers Pedro Alvarez, Matt LaPorta, and Hunter Morris, and you can see where this theory might have some legs to it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"mashers," that is, young men who stand on the corners and pulverize women, and a great many good people got the idea that it was unsafe to travel the streets. ❋ Unknown (1878)

Ayala gave up a single, and Girardi immediately pulled him to bring in inconsistent lefty Boone Logan to face mashers Joey Votto and Jay Bruce. ❋ Daniel Barbarisi (2011)

It's still your choice to take the mind-mashers, though. ❋ Sarah (2009)

"Data-mashers at the ready: Maxis opens the Spore API" ❋ Unknown (2009)

(I can't do those combo things on my life; button mashers unite!) ❋ Tragic_elegance (2009)

Electro musical prodigy and Radio 1 favourite Kissy has championed acts on San City High including indie, rave and grime mashers Hadouken!, who play live. ❋ Patric Baird (2010)

Boston's patient lefty mashers hit New York pitching hard, and when healthy, the Red Sox pitching staff handles the Yankees well. ❋ Daniel Barbarisi (2011)

And we take those tomatoes and we peel them and seed them, and then we just cook them for about 45 minutes with a little bit of salt and infuse the olive oil with garlic, basil and crushed red pepper, and then we very simply crush it with one of those big potato mashers that you see. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Worry not, for I am armed with my deadly bumbershoot to stave off all the mashers of my unsolicited arsenal of verbose thoughts. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A woman is approached and [touched] by a man in an inappropriate way. She could respond by hitting him with her [purse] and yelling "[Masher]!" ❋ MC (2004)

[The old man] in the [pub] was a real [masher]. ❋ Karientoch (2019)

It was [crowded], but it wasn't that crowded. The guy didn't need to rub his [package] against my ass as he "[squeezed] by" - what a masher! ❋ Rachel Harvieux (2006)

There’s [a couple of] mashers [on stage] ❋ Squishedpeaches (2006)

Be [careful]. He's a [masher]. ❋ B Barron (2006)

Ew. I was [sat] next to a [masher] [on my way] to work today. ❋ NoOneReally (2013)

[Man] [that guy] is a [real] masher. ❋ Thatboybrandyn (2008)

[Arcade] [Newbies] [play] by being a masher. ❋ Redleijustice (2006)

Though he's a raging [anti-semite], [Mel Gibson] does have littany of masher roles to [complement] his body of work ❋ Mstephen (2007)

those [girls] are [a couple of] mashers! ❋ Tiny Tiny (2003)