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crasher|ˈkræʃə(r)|
[f. crash v. + -er1.]
1. Something that crashes or makes a crash; a loud harsh blow or percussion. Also fig.
1863W. B. Cheadle Jrnl. 30 June (1931) 162 The Assinboine shot the lamb in the head and he fell a tremendous crasher to the foot of the cliff below. 1887T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire, Crasher, a lie. 1922A. S. M. Hutchinson This Freedom ii. iv, Flick, rat-tat! What a crasher! You can feel it echo! 1928E. Phillpotts in Sunday Dispatch 16 Sept. 2 He told the fatal tale to me... It was..of course a crasher for Archibald.
2. = gate-crasher.
1924Daily Express 13 Nov. 3/4 ‘Crasher’—a man who comes in without an invitation. 1928Ibid. 12 July 8/6 The procedure of these ‘crashers’ is to wait until a function is well started and then to stroll into the hotel [etc.]. 1928Sunday Dispatch 15 July 1 The dance ‘crasher’ has a most insidious rival in the dance ‘cadger’, declares a prominent hostess. 1950New Yorker 9 Dec. 31/1 His main job after the curtain goes up is handling crashers. |