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worker noun- a professional wrestler who puts on a good performance US
- As a matter of fact, I looked forward to the challenge of coming up with a good match with an opponent who was injured–it was one of the signs of a good worker (wrestler). — Mike Foley, Mankind, p. 3, 1999
- The singles wrestlers, even from the undercard, boasted strong workers[.] — Gary Cappetta, Bodyslams!, p. 141, 2000
- There’s a very small margin of wrestlers that are actually what they call a good worker. There are only a handful of them left that you can go in with night after night. — Off the Record (TSN), 4 April 2000
- He wasn’t a great worker, but he had the size and great facial expressions[.] — Missy Hyatt, Missy Hyatt, p. 21, 2001
- a member of a drug-selling enterprise who sells drugs on the street US
- — Mark S. Fleisher, Beggars & Thieves, p. 292, 1995: “Glossary”
- a gambling cheat US
- — Frank Garcia, Marked Cards and Loaded Dice, p. 265, 1962
- in the circus or carnival, a large blown-up balloon shown by the concession selling packages of balloons US
- Do not expect to inflate the purchase to more than half the size of the “worker”. — Joe McKennon, Circus Lingo, p. 106, 1980
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