roadie

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road·ie

(rō′dē)

A person who loads, unloads, and sets up equipment and often performs errands for musicians on tour.

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roadie

(ˈrəʊdɪ)

informal a person who transports and sets up equipment for a band or group

[C20: shortened from road manager]

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road•ie

(ˈroʊ di)

n.

a crew member for a traveling group of musicians who usu. sets up the equipment.

[1965–70; road (from the idiom on the road) + -ie; analogous to groupie]

Translations

roadie

[ˈrəʊdi] n → roadie m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

roadie

n (inf) → Roadie m (inf)

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References in periodicals archive ?

"I met them a few times years later but I don't know if I told them I'd roadied for them," Kerr said.

I was 14 and working as a roadie when they told me to help 'some band called Queen'.. they were amazing and we were inspired; SIMPLE MINDS STARS ON THEIR EARLY DAYS

Perhaps your uncle was in The Shadows, or you roadied for Geordie.

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There's interviews with Vadge Moore (of the Dwarves), Mike Brinson (who roadied for Social D and Youth Brigade during the filming of "Another State of Mind"), The Red Onions, Mike Watt, and Big Bob Clark.