plugger
Example Sentences
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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
Clifford is usually a plugger from the Darryl Sutter era but he does have his moments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2018
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 Alfred Rochefort
