Definition of roadie
:a person who works (as by moving heavy equipment) for traveling entertainers
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White said the band had cables underneath the stage and a roadie under the stage was to keep the cables in order as the band moved from one side of the stage to the other.
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And keep in mind there is no normal or easy roadie for this team; everything’s more than 1,000 miles, seemingly.
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Inside the VBCC arena at the Nov. 10 show, the two girls befriended a Motley Crue roadie.
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Jeremy Oblander would act as a roadie for his friends and bring their gear to their performances.
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Alisa Xayalith of The Naked and Famous is flitting around, unbothered as Fitzgerald's Jordan Baker, in a field feet from a tent under which roadies are already wilting in their black skinny jeans.
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But in the blood, fear and anger there also are suggestions for de-escalating what has become a growing war between drivers and roadies — as asphalt-loving bicyclists call themselves.
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At the western end is a 300-seat theater that sat vacant for nine years until reopened in August 2015, by veteran rock band roadie and jack-of-all-trades Tony Longvall.
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Dressed like a roadie, in jeans and a work shirt and his ever-present baseball cap, with an L.A. Dodgers logo, Tollett was typically understated about his historic feat of rock promotion.
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Origin and Etymology of roadie
ROADIE Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of roadie for English Language Learners
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: a person whose job is to help move and set up the equipment of traveling musicians
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