Definition of Flusher

1. n. A workman employed in cleaning sewers by flushing them with water.

Definition of Flusher

1. Noun. The mechanical part of a toilet that causes the toilet bowl's contents to be sucked down the drain. ¹

2. Noun. Agent noun of flush: one who flushes. ¹

3. Noun. (US politics) A worker for a political campaign who persuades voters to vote on Election Day ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flusher

1. one that flushes [n -S] - See also: flushes

Medical Definition of Flusher

1. 1. A workman employed in cleaning sewers by flushing them with water. 2. The red-backed shrike. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flusher

flus
flush
flush(p)
flush-seamed
flush down
flush end
flush it
flush out
flush technique
flush toilet
flush toilets
flushable
flushboard
flushboards
flushed
flusher (current term)
flushers
flushes
flushest
flushier
flushiest
flushing
flushingly
flushings
flushless toilet
flushness
flushnesses
flushometer
flushometers
flusht

Literary usage of Flusher

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings Before the Committee on Privileges and Elections and a by William Lorimer, Julius Caesar Burrows (1910)
"A. I think possibly that I called Wayman a four flusher that time; yes, sir. Q. Didn't you say that Wayman, the State's attorney, was a four flusher if he ..."

2. Report on a Survey of the City Government of Indianapolis, Indiana: Prepared by Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce (1917)
"Other tests were conducted which showed that although the volume of the flusher provided for a weight of water of 6850 Ibs., or 856 gallons, ..."

3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1861)
"But, Mr flusher, I am bound to say that your conduct on that occasion was greatly ... flusher having departed, it was necessary for me, iii fulfilment of my ..."

4. American Highway Engineers' Handbook by Arthur Horace Blanchard (1919)
"The flusher cleaning gang unit should consist of one or more obile high-pressure ... The correct position for the flusher nozzles is the most important ..."

5. Ornithological Dictionary of British Birds by George Montagu, James Rennie (1831)
"Thus we cannot suppose that at any age or season the flusher would become ... Besides, if we attend to the plumage of the flusher, which constantly breeds ..."

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