street pusher

street pusher

slang Low-level drug dealers who sell directly to customers in public, as on street corners. I was a street pusher for a number of years, as it was the only work anyone could get in our neighborhood at the time. You're never going to wipe out drugs in this city if you're only arresting junkies and street pushers.
See also: pusher, street
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street pusher

n. a drug dealer who works at the retail level on the streets. It’s the street pushers who take the risk and end up doing a few months in the pen.
See also: pusher, street
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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