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busher

American  
[boosh-er] / ˈbʊʃ ər /

noun

Baseball Slang.
  1. bush leaguer.


Etymology

Origin of busher

1910–15, bush 1 ( league 1 ) + -er 1

Example Sentences

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As a busher, he was already a clown.

From Time Magazine Archive

Like all baseballers before and since Ring Lardner's busher, he learned the tired routine for killing time on the road, "the one bad thing about baseball," says he.

From Time Magazine Archive

But being a "busher" in the bailiwick of the Eastern press giants has had its drawbacks.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Cards, hoping to strengthen their pitching staff, brought up from their Houston farm a rawboned busher named Dizzy Dean.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Say, busher, you 've lasted longer'n we expected, but you don't know it!"

From The Redheaded Outfield by Grey, Zane

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