: a person who works (as by moving heavy equipment) for traveling entertainers
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One of the roadies came out to bang away on the piano, the notes more felt than heard, part of the noise.
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Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2024
Some Southerners will undoubtedly show up with their own roadies, and that’s perfectly fine.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2024
The four roadies after Sept. 22 — at UCF, at Arizona, at Texas Tech and at Kansas in Kansas City — are all coin flips, so long as the stars are healthy (and aligned).
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 29 July 2024
In one corner, visitors were queued up to meet Steve Parish, the loquacious and combative longtime roadie known as Big Steve, who hosts his own talk shows on Sirius XM and YouTube.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
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Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2024
Some Southerners will undoubtedly show up with their own roadies, and that’s perfectly fine.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2024
The four roadies after Sept. 22 — at UCF, at Arizona, at Texas Tech and at Kansas in Kansas City — are all coin flips, so long as the stars are healthy (and aligned).
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 29 July 2024
In one corner, visitors were queued up to meet Steve Parish, the loquacious and combative longtime roadie known as Big Steve, who hosts his own talk shows on Sirius XM and YouTube.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
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“Roadie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roadie. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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