"pusherman" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-pusherman.ogg Forms: pushermen [plural]
Etymology: pusher + -man Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pusher|man}} pusher + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|pushermen}} pusherman (plural pushermen)
  1. (US, slang) A drug dealer. Tags: US, slang
    Sense id: en-pusherman-en-noun-9pBMLeMG Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -man Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 80 20
  2. A person employed to operate the pusher device of a coke oven.
    Sense id: en-pusherman-en-noun-P9BmiKS3

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for pusherman meaning in All languages combined (1.9kB)

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