crashern.
/ˈkraʃə/ 1. Something that crashes or makes a crash; a loud harsh blow or percussion. Also figurative.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > [noun] > of impact or concussion > crash, clash, or smash > crasher
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1863 W. B. Cheadle Jrnl. Trip across Canada 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.
1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire Crasher, a lie.
1922 A. S. M. Hutchinson This Freedom ii. iv Flick, rat-tat! What a crasher! You can feel it echo!
1928 E. Phillpotts in Sunday Disp. 16 Sept. 2 He told the fatal tale to me... It was..of course a crasher for Archibald.
2. = gatecrasher n.
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society > leisure > social event > hospitality > guest > [noun] > uninvited
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [noun] > unwelcome or unwarranted > without invitation or ticket > one who
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1924 Daily Express 13 Nov. 3/4 ‘Crasher’—a man who comes in without an invitation.
1928 Daily Express 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.].
1928 Sunday Disp. 15 July 1 The dance ‘crasher’ has a most insidious rival in the dance ‘cadger’, declares a prominent hostess.
1950 New Yorker 9 Dec. 31/1 His main job after the curtain goes up is handling crashers.
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