plugger

[pluhg-er]

noun

1. a person or thing that plugs.

2. any of various machines or tools that insert, remove, or manipulate plugs or pluglike materials, as a dental instrument used to pack and mold the filling in a tooth cavity.

Example Sentences

The cop drama “Confidential Informant” is one of those plugger genre pictures that puts a big star on its poster — Mel Gibson, in this case — although the actor only appears in a handful of scenes.

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Our local sports heroes are pluggers, just like us.

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Next, the pluggers must measure the wellbore and determine to what depths they must pour cement to keep the well from leaking into water tables or other underground geologic formations.

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

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

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