ricer

plural ricers

1. USA person, especially a Native American, who cultivates and harvests rice.

   In exchange for use of a buyer's boat, the ricers were to sell what they harvested exclusively to him.

   1988, Thomas Vennum, Wild Rice and the Ojibway People, page 229

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   He opened the cashbox and counted out the money, and Martin handed it on to one of the ricers. "Where are you guys ricing tomorrow?" he said. "Down in the Refuge," the ricer with the money said.

   1967, The New Yorker, Volume 43, Part 6, page 41

   There are also lots of ricers. By two weeks into ricing season, Native Harvest bought from 30 or 40 ricers.

   1999 September 19, Winona LaDuke, Under the Wild Rice Moon, Minneapolis Star Tribune, reprinted in 2002, The Winona LaDuke Reader: A Collection of Essential Writings, page 30

2. cookingA utensil used to extrude soft foods (especially, cooked potato) through holes about the diameter of a grain of rice.

   He cooked a roast, made applesauce with the ricer and used every size pan he could find to cook vegetables.

   2007, Patricia Webster Stewart, Stuck in My Own Family Tree, page 25

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   Ricers can also be used for mashing other root vegetables, as well as starchy ones like broad (fava) beans and peas.

   2008, Leanne Kitchen, The Greengrocer, page 14

   Passing cooked chunks through a basic, inexpensive handheld ricer maximizes their texture, which is less starchy than their russet brethren, and makes a soft, dry pile that simply stirs into creamy, smooth mounds.

   2013, Tara Mataraza Desmond, Choosing Sides: From Holidays to Every Day, 130 Delicious Recipes to Make the Meal, unnumbered page

   Synonyms: potato ricer

plural ricers

1. USderogatoryslangAn automobile, especially one imported from an Oriental country, deemed inferior or cheap, that has been modified with after-market parts in order to appear more powerful or sporty.

   Synonyms: rice burner

2. derogatoryslangA person who drives such an automobile.