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SMASHER
hit, smash, smasher, strike, bang
(noun) a conspicuous success; “that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career”; “that new Broadway show is a real smasher”; “the party went with a bang”
smasher, stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish
(noun) a very attractive or seductive looking woman
smasher
(noun) a person who smashes something
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
smasher (countable and uncountable, plural smashers)
Something that, or someone who, smashes.
(mining, historical) A person employed to break up waste rock.
(slang) An attractive person (see also smashing).
(slang, dated) Anything very large or extraordinary; a whopper.
(UK, slang, obsolete) One who passes counterfeit coins.
(UK, lang, obsolete) The counterfeit money itself.
Anagrams
• Harmses, marshes, mashers, shamers, shmears
Source: Wiktionary
Smash"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, smashes or breaks things to pieces.
2. Anything very large or extraordinary. [Slang]
3. One who passes counterfeit coin. [Cant, Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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