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push
noun- a group of friends or associates; a clique AUSTRALIA, 1884
Originally “push” referred to “an organised gang of street hoodlums”. - She brought all that stuff home to Sarah and now she’s hurrying to tell Lelia Bunthorpe about me. That means the whole push will hear of it. — Norman Lindsay, The Cousin from Fiji, p. 240, 1945
- — Norman Lindsay, Halfway to Anywhere, p. 104, 1947
- — Alexander Buzo, Rooted, p. 87, 1969
- He is a pathetic Polish young man who has loitered about the fringes of the with-it push crowd for years. — Kevin Mackey, The Cure, p. 74, 1970
- I might have known I’d land up shit creek friggin’ around with a spooky push like youse lot!! — Barry Humphries, Bazza Pulls It Off!, 1971
- — Arthur Chipper, The Aussie Swearer’s Guide, p. 48, 1972
- — Jim Ramsay, Cop It Sweet!, p. 74, 1977
- in betting, a doubling of the bet in effect US
- — Sam Snead and Jerry Tarde, Pigeons, Marks, Hustlers and Other Golf Bettors You Can Beat, p. 110, 1986
- in British Columbia logging, the boss, the foreman CANADA
- “ Well, I’ll tell you,” says Pete, “I’d a made her I think / But the push, the damn fool, couldn’t lay off the drink.” — Robert Swanson, Rhymes of a Haywire Hooker, p. 21, 1953
- in blackjack, a tie between the dealer and a player US
- — Jerry L. Patterson, Blackjack, p. 20, 1978
- a radio frequency US
As in “the battalion push”. Vietnam war usage. - — Carl Fleischhauer, A Glossary of Army Slang, p. 9, 1968
▶ the push
a dismissal from employment or romantic involvement UK, 1875- Blair decides against the push–believing Short will jump. — The Guardian, 11 March 2003
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