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drum·mer
/
ˈdrʌm
ər
/
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[
druhm
-er
]
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noun
1.
a person who plays a
drum
.
2.
a commercial traveler or traveling sales representative.
Idioms
3.
march to a different drummer,
to be motivated by a different
set
of values than the average person.
Origin:
1565–75;
drum
1
+
-er
1
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drummer
(ˈdrʌmə)
—
n
1.
a person who plays a drum or set of drums
2.
chiefly
(
US
) a salesman, esp a travelling salesman
3.
slang
(
Austral
), (
NZ
) the slowest shearer in a team
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
drummer
see
march to a different beat (drummer)
.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Example sentences
He's a handy little
drummer
, the clips show, and a nifty little dancer.
Every village had an expert
drummer
and every villager could understand what
the drums were saying.
The drums are a real challenge if you're not actually a
drummer
.
He wants nothing more than to be a
drummer
for the rest of his life.
Accompanied by a robotic
drummer
, human guitarists and keyboard, they put on a truly electrifying show.
Initially, he worked as a
drummer
in various jazz bands.
There were strings of colored lights, a
drummer
and a dj, stacks of speakers.
The
drummer
is commonly a chartered libertine in the way of conversation.
Most fireflies flash at random, each to its own
drummer
.
But you can't flub parts as a
drummer
because everything falls apart.
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