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/pˈʊʃər/ Listen

noun

Pusher n.

One who, or that which, pushes.

One who sells illegal drugs, esp. one who tries to convince others to use such drugs.

(Railroad) A second engine attached to the rear of a train to provide extra power for climbing steep grades.

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Etymology of 'Pusher'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Pusher" Quotes from Famous Books

... a writer-printer, who, not being able to answer the arguments of Erasmus, called him bad names. But this gentle pen-pusher in Frankfort, who passed his vocabulary at Froben's proofreader, Erasmus in time calls a "schamp," because he used cheap paper, cheap ink and close margins. Soon after, the word was carried to England and spelled "scamp"—a man who cheats in quality, weight, size and count. But the first use ...

— Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers • Elbert Hubbard

... a rotary engine will affect the longitudinal stability when an aeroplane is turned to right or left. In the case of a Gnome engine, fitted to a "pusher" aeroplane, such gyroscopic action will tend to depress the nose of the aeroplane when it is turned to the left, and to elevate it when it is turned to the right. When fitted to a "tractor" aeroplane, the engine is reversed so ...

— The Aeroplane Speaks - Fifth Edition • H. Barber

... limb Nature has given to the shovel-footed mole, while the chipmunk, who also burrows in the ground, has no special tool to aid him in building his mound of earth; he is compelled to use his soft, tender little nose as a pusher. When the soil which his feet have loosened has accumulated at the entrance to his hole, he shoves it ...

— Under the Maples • John Burroughs

... all say. It's always the other man who's done it first. There's been many a fellow who's quite decent at heart who's murdered a helpless prisoner thinking to avenge some abominable outrage that was never committed, but only dished up by some skunk of a pen-pusher who's never seen any fighting in his life. I don't know much about Fritz, he may be worse than us or he may be better, but I've seen our fellows do some bloody awful things. Anyhow, I know the German soldier's doing ...

— Combed Out • Fritz August Voigt

... required for the work of juggling the elements of a drafting board. He must have patient endurance and sufficient strength of character to use the eraser heroically, for the eraser is mightier than the pencil in the drafting-room. There are a thousand valiant knights armed with pencils to one stalwart pusher of ...

— Industrial Progress and Human Economics • James Hartness