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push Esp. West, Slang

• n. See 1942 quote.

  See also: side-push  straw-push  

  • 1930  "the push jest told me that the yarder went and broke down today. . . ."
  • 1942  _PUSH. A word used for the camp foreman and occasionally for lesser foremen.
  • 1953  "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."