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Flasher [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A man of more appearance of wit than reality.

2. A rower. [Not in use.]

Flasher [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One who, or that which, flashes.

2. A man of more appearance of wit than reality.

3. A large sparoid fish of the Atlantic coast and all tropical seas (Lobotes Surinamensis).

4. The European red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio); -- called also flusher.