slusher

or Slushy

n. cook'sassistant at shearing-time on a station.

1890. `The Argus,' Sept.20, p.13, col. 6:

«`Sundays are the most trying days of all,' say the cuisiniers, `for then they have nothing to dobut to growl.' This man's assistant is called `the slusher.'

1896. A. B. Paterson, `Man from Snowy River,' p. 162:

«The tarboy, the cook, and the slushy, the sweeper that swept the board,

The picker-up, and the penner, with the rest of the shearing horde.»

1896. `The Field,' Jan. 18, p. 83, col. 1:

«He employs as many `slushies' as he thinks necessary, payingthem generally L1 per week.»