subs. (common).—1. Anything exceptional; a settler: see WHOPPER. Whence SMASHING = crushing.
1847. J. M. FIELD, The Drama in Pokerville, 39–40. Put up your benefit for that night, and if you don’t have a SMASHER, with at least six wreaths, say I don’t understand managing the Great Small Affair Theatres, that’s all.
2. See SMASH, verb. 1.
3. (nautical).—A north country seaman (CLARK RUSSELL).
