roadien.
/ˈrəʊdi/, U.S. /ˈroʊdi/ 1. Scottish. A road or path; an unmetalled track.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > track, trail, or path > [noun]
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun]
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1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 23 With the pleasant roadie she was ta'en.
1846 Amer. Whig Rev. Dec. 570/2 She said she ‘was feard I wad find twa or three unchancy crooks in the roadie, before I got through the how’.
1896 J. Horne Canny Countryside 22 Stray daisies, interlaced with primroses and sweet-william, lined the roadie which ran up the centre to the door.
1937 N. M. Gunn Highland River viii. 125 He chose his rabbit run or ‘roadie’ near the crest of a rise, arguing to himself that at such a spot a rabbit would ‘keep going’.
2000 Aberdeen Evening Express (Nexis) 2 Sept. 20 Up a hill, alang a side roadie, in an' oot an' then alang anither side roadie.
2. A person employed by a band of musicians to set up and maintain equipment whilst the band is on tour.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > company of instrumentalists > [noun] > road crew > member of
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1969 J. Fabian & J. Byrne Groupie ix. 72 Bill, the roadie, buys me a drink.
1972 Daily Tel. 17 Nov. (Colour Suppl.) 26/3 Each individual musician has his own personal roady who is an expert in the instrument that his governor plays.
1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Mar. 365 He even gets paid as a roadie on tour.
2005 I. McEwan Saturday iii. 169 The drummer sits in..and fiddles with the pedal on a bass drum. The murmur of voices ceases, and the roadies disappear into the wings.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
roadiev.
/ˈrəʊdi/, U.S. /ˈroʊdi/ intransitive. To work as a roadie. Frequently with for.
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1976 Star (Sheffield) 20 Nov. 4/9 The author once roadied for the band.
1991 Creem Apr. 68/2 Lemmy moved to London and roadied for Jimi Hendrix.
2001 S. MacGowan in V. M. Clarke & S. MacGowan Drink with Shane MacGowan (2002) 173 There was a much smaller travelling unit in the early days. Darryl driving and tour managing and roadie-ing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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