busher
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of busher
Example Sentences
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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
As a busher, he was already a clown.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Boston, after a particularly bitter exchange with Durocher during one tight game, Stanky loosed his famed insult: "Durocher, you've been a busher all your life, and you'll always be a busher."
From Time Magazine Archive
In de bowle of de bloody busher: tis very fine wholesome.
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
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