Synonyms for pusher


Grammar : Noun
Spell : poo sh-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpʊʃ ər

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Définition of pusher

Origin :
  • 1590s in a literal sense, agent noun from push (v.). Meaning "peddler of illegal drugs" (1935 in prison slang) is from the verb in the "promote" sense.
  • noun drug dealer
Example sentences :
  • His name should be "Pusher," "Advance Man," or something of that sort, and not artist.
  • Extract from : « Adventures in the Arts » by Marsden Hartley
  • The girl, who had paused when he did, leaned on the pusher of her go-cart, studying him calmly.
  • Extract from : « The Dust Flower » by Basil King
  • At the rear the "pusher off" half reclined, graceful and nonchalant.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Bobby Orde » by Stewart Edward White
  • As a rule, all that a "pusher" or distributor can tell is where he got the bad money.
  • Extract from : « The Barrel Mystery » by William J. (William James) Flynn
  • Barry, the "pusher" (under foreman), waved his outstretched hand.
  • Extract from : « The Walking Delegate » by Leroy Scott
  • He spent every cent he had to get one made and put on his pusher.
  • Extract from : « Plain Mary Smith » by Henry Wallace Phillips
  • The other has the propeller in the rear, and that is the pusher type.
  • Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Air Scout » by Victor Appleton
  • The point C is the centre of the propeller, or, in the case of a "pusher" aeroplane, the centre of the nacelle.
  • Extract from : « The Aeroplane Speaks » by H. Barber
  • The reason he wasn't around was that he'd taken the pusher down the line to show his scheme to some railroad people.
  • Extract from : « Plain Mary Smith » by Henry Wallace Phillips
  • Then bending to his task the pusher at the rear dug his toes in, while the others hunched.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Bobby Orde » by Stewart Edward White

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