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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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Pusher" Quotes from Famous Books

... he found that Gordon was turning in to the quasi-secret entrance to Mother Corey's. "Coming here myself," he explained. "Mother got ahold of a load of snow, and sent me out to contact a big pusher. Coming back, the goons picked me up and gave me the job on you. ...

— Police Your Planet • Lester del Rey

... remarkable fellow," said I, "and a perfect specimen of the pusher and hustler—a quick-witted man of affairs. If he is ever put down, he can't ...

— Aladdin & Co. - A Romance of Yankee Magic • Herbert Quick

... they say he asked Mrs. Gurrey if he ought to put on a dress-suit for supper! Imagine! Can you beat that? And him nothing but a Swede tailor—Erik Valborg his name is. But he used to be in a tailor shop in Minneapolis (they do say he's a smart needle-pusher, at that) and he tries to let on that he's a regular city fellow. They say he tries to make people think he's a poet—carries books around and pretends to read 'em. Myrtle Cass says she met him at a dance, and he was mooning around all over the place, and he asked her ...

— Main Street • Sinclair Lewis

... Baird, his voice still shaken, "they don't use a magnetronic drive. I once saw a picture of the drive they use, in a stereo on the history of space travel. The principle's very old. We've practically forgotten it. It's a Dirac pusher-drive, sir. Among us humans, it came right after rockets. The planets of Sol were first reached by ships using Dirac pushers. But—" He paused. "They won't operate in a magnetic field above seventy Gauss, sir. It's a static-charge reaction, sir, and in a ...

— The Aliens • Murray Leinster

... said. "Better get ready to send about six men with an auxiliary pusher to bring home the bacon. You can start feeding them the ...

— Greylorn • John Keith Laumer

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