1886. R. L. Stevenson, Kidnapped, p. 97. Ye’ve made a sore hash of my brig.
1889. Sporting Life, 30 Jan. Successfully negotiated the tricky entrance to the stable-yard of the hotel, at which job I have been in a mortal funk many a time with poor old Jim beside me, for fear of making a hash of it.
1890. Grant Allen, Tents of Shem, ch. xvi. She made a hash of the proper names, to be sure.
2. (American cadets’).—Clandestine preparation for supper after hours.
3. (colloquial).—A sloven; a blockhead.
1785. Burns, Epistle to J. Lapraik. A set o’ dull, conceited hashes.
Verb (colloquial).—1. To spoil; to jumble; to cook up and serve again.
1891. Notes and Queries, 7 S. xii., 22 Aug., p. 144. I do not think that Earle, a scholar of a high order and a man of the most keen wit and judgment, would have spoken thus of a thing hashed up by a hard-headed pedant, however able, such as Gauden.
2. (American).—To vomit. Also to flash the hash (q.v.). For synonyms, see Accounts and Cat.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.