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
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
Boys love their "old reliable taw" in marbles, but their pride in this is never so great as that which they take in a conquering plugger.
From Healthful Sports for Boys by Rochefort, Alfred
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