Definition of roadie
: a person who works (as by moving heavy equipment) for traveling entertainers
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Sophisticated enough for the boardroom, but swaggy enough for a weekend roadie.
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Seasoned roadies know to soft-pedal on bike paths; meanwhile, some e-bike riders pass me during my commute going all out around 22 mph—7 mph over the speed limit.
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Like hollering at a roadie backstage, Snider barked at a network cameraman to fetch him a glass of water.
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Mack was Scratch's tour roadie, helping set up and break down his turntables each night.
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Their uncle Rob, a former Walmart chairman, is a veteran roadie.
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Every flurry of a roadie's scramble elicited hopeful cheers — and when several guitars were brought back onto the stage, the place erupted with high-fives and leaps and hugs and screams.
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According to Time, the term 420 would later spread, as one of the friends, Dave Reddix, got a job as a roadie for the Grateful Dead and began using it to promote the band and invite people to smoke on April 20 at 4:20 p.m.
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Reddix's older brother was friends with band member Phil Lesh and that led to backstage passes and smoking sessions with the roadies and other crew members, who picked up the code.
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Origin and Etymology of roadie
road + -ie
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: a person whose job is to help move and set up the equipment of traveling musicians
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