pusher

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Someone or something that pushes.

2. 2

   A person employed to push passengers onto trains at busy times, so they can depart on…

   A person employed to push passengers onto trains at busy times, so they can depart on schedule.

3. 3

   A girl or woman.

   • ‘You should a seed some o' the pushers. Girls o' seventeen painted worse nor any Gerties I'd ever knowed.’
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   1. 4

      A drug dealer.

      • But the pusher don't care / Ah, if you live or if you die / God damn, the pusher / God damn, I say the pusher
      • My campaign against drug will not stop until the, until the end of my term. That will be six years from now. Until the last pusher and the last drug lord are – [applause]
   2. 5

      An aircraft with the propeller behind the fuselage.

   3. 6

      A device that one pushes in order to transport a baby while on foot, such as a stroller…

      A device that one pushes in order to transport a baby while on foot, such as a stroller or pram (as opposed to a carrier such as a front or back pack).

      • You have two flights of stairs and no elevator. As you get closer to your due date that will be awkward, and once the baby arrives a pusher would never make it up there. You can hardly carry a fully loaded pram and baby up two flights.
      • Two of the participants even decided to purchase a carrier instead of a pusher as they wanted to “permanently hold their baby”.
   4. 7

      A defensive player who does not attempt to hit winners, instead playing slower shots into…

      A defensive player who does not attempt to hit winners, instead playing slower shots into the opponent's court.

   5. 8

      A tolkach.

   6. 9

      Synonym of banker (“type of railway locomotive”).

   7. 10

      A device in a coke oven for levelling the coal, traditionally operated by a pusherman.

   8. 11

      Synonym of toolpusher.

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