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roadie
noun- a member of a rock band’s entourage who is responsible for setting up and dismantling the band’s equipment while on tour UK
- — Jenny Fabian and Johnny Byrne, Groupie, 1968
- — Dr Hook and the Medicine Show, Roland the Roadie and Gertrude the Groupie, 1973
- Roadies are usually hired for the duration of a tour and paid a salary. — Jay Saporita, Pourin’ It All Out, p. 204, 1980
- That’s Barry. He used to be a roadie. — Wayne’s World 2, 1993
- When he came home he was a roadie for different bands, then a roadie for the Boo-Yaa T.R.i.b.e., the famous Samoan rappers, and then hooked up with Raji as a way to get connected in the business end. — Elmore Leonard, Be Cool, p. 175, 1999
- VAL: These guys are musicians! STEPHIE: They’re roadies, Val! There’s a difference! — 200 Cigarettes, 1999
- While I sit here mired in her bullshit, trying to be a good son, while you’re off dropping acid and blowing roadies! — The Sopranos (Episode 55), 2004
- among mountain-bikers, a derogatory term for a cyclist who only rides on paved surfaces US
- A roadie might survive with only a patch kit and a pump, but you will definitely need more[.] — Mountain Bike Magazine’s Complete Guide To Mountain Biking Skills, p. 96, 1996
- a final drink before starting a road journey AUSTRALIA, 1996
From “one for the road”. - a can or bottle of beer drunk while driving AUSTRALIA, 1996
Also used as a measure of distance, as in “It’s a three roadie trip”. - Have a roadie for the trip home. — www.abc.net.au/wordmap, 2003
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