noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A drug dealer. US, slang

   "Well, now if I were the president of this land / You know, I'd declare total war on the pusher man"

2. 2
   A person employed to operate the pusher device of a coke oven.

Synonyms

All synonyms

drug dealer

Example

More examples

"Well, now if I were the president of this land / You know, I'd declare total war on the pusher man"

Etymology

From pusher + -man.

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