subs. (old).—1. A full glass.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. BRUSHER, c. an exceeding full Glass.
2. (old).—See quot.
1748. T. DYCHE, A New General English Dictionary (5 ed.). BRUSHER (s.) … also one that gets or steals away privately.
3. (common and schools’).—A schoolmaster: also BUMBRUSHER.
4. (Australian).—A small wallaby which hops about in the bush or scrub with considerable speed. Hence TO GIVE BRUSHER = to leave without paying one’s debts: e.g., ‘Has so-and-so left the township?’ ‘Oh yes, he GAVE THEM BRUSHER.’
