plugger

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His mother was a song plugger, a singer hired to promote new music for department stores or music publishers.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2021

Brown likely won’t bust, but it’s very possible he tops out as merely a plugger and pocket pusher.

From Reuters • Apr. 24, 2020

Although he’s a fourth-line plugger and hardly a household name, Noesen is a story of resolve and patience, starting with torn knee ligaments in his second game that almost washed out his first professional season.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2016

Berlin’s first paying Tin Pan Alley gig, when he was still Izzy Baline, was as a guerrilla song plugger, or “boomer,” for the Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2014

If the plugger spins and dies in the ring without knocking out a top, it is a miss, and the player must add another top.

From Healthful Sports for Boys by Rochefort, Alfred