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

Lewis has long been a plugger but, with three goals and three assists in eight games, it’s not a stretch to think he can expand offensively under Stevens.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2017

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 in spinning in the center ring the plugger jostles out a top or tops, it counts as a hit, and the player is entitled to another "try."

From Healthful Sports for Boys by Rochefort, Alfred