Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A name of the red-backed shrike or lesser butcher-bird of Europe, Lanius or Enneoctonus collurio.
Wiktionary
- n. The mechanical part of a toilet that causes the toilet bowl's contents to be sucked down the drain.
- n. Agent noun of flush: one who flushes.
- n. US, politics A worker for a political campaign who persuades voters to vote on Election Day
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A workman employed in cleaning sewers by flushing them with water.
- n. (Zoöl.) The red-backed shrike. See Flasher.
Etymologies
- flush + -er (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Locals says Ms. Sparks, who is supported by business groups and opposes new corporate taxes, has a shot at winning the seat, which she might not have had in flusher times.”
The Wall Street Journal: Fiscal Strains Crowd Out Social Issues
“flusher" - the term for a volunteer who rounds up nonvoters on Election Day-to know exactly who had, and had not, voted in real time.”
“The Obama campaign's New Media experts created a computer program that would allow a "flusher" — the term for a volunteer who rounds up nonvoters on Election Day — to know exactly who had, and had not, voted in real time.”
“With this in mind, I had to use bleach on my toilets seat and the silver 'flusher'.”
“Firms that in flusher times might have rebuffed suitors now are courting them.”
The Wall Street Journal: Stark Choice for Lawyers— Firms Must Merge or Die
“A born flusher, his keen eyesight and sense of smell are a true threat to New York's squirrels, cats and even the occasional raccoon.”
“That was up from 23 such petitions over the previous three years, when times were flusher.”
The Wall Street Journal: New Faces Appear at Bargaining Table
“Ah git 4.567 /sec from ma American Standard flusher: - D”
“Since I'm deferring costly deco upgrades until flusher times, high - end fabric and upholstery will have to wait.”
“To say nothing of the cost, I want a hunting companion, not a retriever, pointer, flusher, whatever.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘flusher’.
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Mundane Transformers
Bore that meets the eye.
potamogeton, testator, scrutator, isolator, confiteor, deflator, qwerty, susceptor, champertor, preemptor, disinfector, infractor and 91 more...
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I Can't Believe It's Not Listed
Words that, at the I put them here, weren't being listed by anyone else in the entire universe.
vagus, neoplanet, fadiddy, cazique, catastroika, circumciser, commonplace book, danseuse, ecopod, dichloroacetate, underlay, overlay and 374 more...
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Brochettes of Random Palavery
Another of my random palavery lists for words or phrases that haven't yet found a place in one or more of my other lists.
nonexclusivity, adaptationist, paxillin, adduct, unblushingly cribbed, ptomaïne, microsievert, millisievert, too big to jail, tastemaker, tinsmithing, Nimzo-Indian and 1616 more...
Tweets
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reesetee Another Wordie conversation gone horribly astray.
I like that about Wordie. Nov 7, 2008
chained_bear You're so sweet. Nov 7, 2008
bilby Perhaps they flushed and you came back up?
*Makes mental note to conduct Will It Float? experiment with chained_bear one day* Nov 7, 2008
chained_bear Well, their flushers weren't doing the job with us. We voted first thing in the a.m. and got about four or five phone calls (most from local volunteers, a couple from Mr. Obama and Mrs. Obama) much later in the day to remind us to vote. :)
I like the term Project Houdini. Nov 6, 2008
bilby "The Obama campaign's New Media experts created a computer program that would allow a flusher—the term for a volunteer who rounds up nonvoters on Election Day—to know exactly who had, and had not, voted in real time. They dubbed it Project Houdini, because of the way names disappear off the list instantly once people are identified as they wait in line at their local polling station."
- 'Hackers and Spending Sprees', newsweek.com, 5 Nov 2008. Nov 6, 2008