drummer
n.— «The drummer “drums up” trade. The “traveling man” doesn’t have to travel as much as he used to.» —“The Drummer Still Drums In Los Angeles” by Maddin Malone Los Angeles Times June 25, 1939. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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