lush-roller

See also: lush roller

English

Alternative forms

• lush roller

Noun

lush-roller (plural lush-rollers)

1. (slang) A lush-worker.
   • 1953, William Lee [pseudonym; William S. Burroughs], Junkie, New York: Ace Books:

     A European charm of manner and a slight Scandinavian accent completed his front. No one could have looked less like a lush-roller.

   • 2005, Jim Reisler, Before They Were the Bombers, →ISBN:

     It was the age-old scam of lush-roller and lush, he thought, or so it would seem.

   • 2007, John O'Hara, Matthew Joseph Bruccoli, John O'Hara's Hollywood: Stories, →ISBN, page 146:

     "Have you committed any crimes?" "I haven't been caught." "What kind of crimes do you commit?" "Well, when things get tough I can usually pick up a few bucks as a lush-roller."