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pusherman

pusherman noun: a drug dealer.

Noun

pusherman (plural pushermen)

  1. (US, slang) A drug dealer.
    • Well, now if I were the president of this land / You know, I'd declare total war on the pusher man1968, Hoyt Axton, “The Pusher”, in Steppenwolf, performed by Steppenwolf
    • The visitors stepped back, identical expressions of frustration and distress on their faces — they looked like hurting junkies who had discovered the pusherman wasn't where he'd promised to be.1991, Stephen King, Needful Things
  2. A person employed to operate the pusher device of a coke oven.

Forms of pusherman

pluralpushermen

Origin of pusherman

From pusher + -man.

Questions about pusherman

What does pusherman mean?
Pusherman means a drug dealer.
What part of speech is pusherman?
Pusherman is a noun.
What is the plural of pusherman?
The plural of pusherman is pushermen.

Words near pusherman in the dictionary

  1. pushee
  2. pushees
  3. pusher
  4. pusher-thruster
  5. pusher-thrusters
  6. pusherman
  7. pushermen
  8. pushers
  9. pushes
  10. pushes about
  11. pushes against an open door

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