drummer
See also: Drummer
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ʌmə(ɹ)
Noun
drummer (plural drummers)
- (music) One who plays the drums.
- (obsolete) travelling salesman
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- You know what life on the road is like — these poor salesmen when they don't sell some big account they been counting on why they go into one terrible slump they set there in the hotel room brooding over it and after a while they go out and meet some other drummer down in the lobby and start chewing the rag about all their troubles and then they get feeling so sorry they go across the street and commence drinking beer and about three hours later they come back to the room and write the house one of these here letters how rotten the product is.
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- A drumstick (the lower part of a chicken or turkey leg).
- Any of various fish of the family Kyphosidae(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- Bullock's liver will catch drummer.
Synonyms
- (musician who plays drums): percussionist, drummist
- (salesman): hawker, peddler
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
one who plays the drums
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traveling salesman
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Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
drummer m (plural drummers, diminutive drummertje n)
Synonyms
Related terms
- drumstel n
French
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
drummer m or f (plural drummers, feminine drummeuse)
Synonyms
Further reading
- “drummer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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