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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 tin shows any tendency to slide, use a more deeply serrated plugger.
From Tin Foil and Its Combinations for Filling Teeth by Ambler, Henry Lovejoy
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