lush-roller

noun

A lush-worker.

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Meanings

nounlush-roller (plural lush-rollers)

plural lush-rollers · alternative lush roller

  1. slangA lush-worker.

    It was the age-old scam of lush-roller and lush, he thought, or so it would seem.

    2005, Jim Reisler, Before They Were the Bombers, →ISBN
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    A European charm of manner and a slight Scandinavian accent completed his front. No one could have looked less like a lush-roller.

    1953, William Lee [pseudonym; William S. Burroughs], Junkie, New York: Ace Books

    "Have you committed any crimes?" "I haven't been caught." "What kind of crimes do you commit?" "Well, when things get tough I can usually pick up a few bucks as a lush-roller."

    2007, John O'Hara, Matthew Joseph Bruccoli, John O'Hara's Hollywood: Stories, →ISBN, page 146

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
lush-worker
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APA

lush-roller. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lush-roller

MLA

“lush-roller.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lush-roller. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lush-roller,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lush-roller.

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