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plugger

American  
[pluhg-er] / ˈplʌg ər /

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.


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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

The Chestnut's a plugger an' ain't no good when it comes to gallopin'.

From Thoroughbreds by William Alexander Fraser

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