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Definition of Pushers
1. pusher [n] - See also: pusher
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pushers
Literary usage of Pushers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cotton Manufacture of Great Britain Systematically Investigated by Andrew Ure (1836)
"At the ninth movement the back pushers come forward alone—that is, without striking
the bobbin- carriages, one-half of which stand upon the front, ..."
2. Infant Care by Mary (Mills) West (1921)
"Baby pushers. Baby walkers should not be used; babies should not be encouraged
to walk until they are quite ready for it. Too early walking may cause ..."
3. The London Journal of Arts and Sciences, and Repertory of Patent Inventions by William Newton (1842)
"pushers. The office of the pickers is to actuate the carriages, when they are
collected into one row in the middle row of combs, and to pick out the ..."
4. Digest of Decisions of the Courts and Interstate Commerce Commission Under by Edward Beauchamp Peirce (1908)
"... going for or returning from this service; miles run by locomotives while
assisting freight trains either as pushers or double-headers; miles run while ..."
5. The Economic Theory of the Location of Railways: An Analysis of the by Arthur Mellen Wellington (1914)
"By computing various examples of this kind it will be seen how very large an
economy almost invariably results from using pushers, but the condition that ..."
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