Cork Slang, Like
A Dictionary of Cork Slang
by Seán Beecher
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MASHER
Construct:
Noun
Definition:
Good-looking man.
Use:
He's a masher.
He's very attractive.
Derivation:
Irish 'Maise' - beauty, 'Maiseach' - beauty, well-dressed, decorated.
(Dinneen)
'Maise' - goodliness, comeliness, fineness.
(Joynt)
and 'Maiseach' - dress elegantly.
and 'Deg-maiseach' - very beautiful.
(Marstrander)
and 'Masher' - an exquisite, a lardy-dardy swell who dresses aesthetically (1880).
(Brewer)
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