Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which pulls.
- noun In turpentining, a long-handled hack used for chipping faces too high to be reached with the ordinary hack.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, pulls.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Anything that
pulls , but especially ahoist in which acable is attached to alever and aratchet mechanism
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who applies force so as to cause motion toward herself or himself
- noun someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something
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Examples
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Sometimes it takes a few good whack if the bullet has a good cannelure, but a design feature of a bullet puller is the assumption you want to save the brass.
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Sometimes it takes a few good whack if the bullet has a good cannelure, but a design feature of a bullet puller is the assumption you want to save the brass.
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A classic liberal switch-puller is “He’s a Republican.”
Killswitch 2006
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I was at a sporting clays shoot and some body shot the "puller" or "trapper".
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I was at a sporting clays shoot and some body shot the "puller" or "trapper".
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These South Jersey soils are easily cleared of brushwood or standing timber, and of stumps, with a hand or horse-power puller which is a cheap affair, and the wood is salable in all this part of the State at remunerative prices, often bringing more than the original cost of the land.
Three Acres and Liberty Bolton Hall 1896
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The 'puller' would steer the trolley in a serpentine direction up the hill with the others, backs to the load, pushing in small steps, all the while singing out a cadence that suggested they were actually having fun.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
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The 'puller' would steer the trolley in a serpentine direction up the hill with the others, backs to the load, pushing in small steps, all the while singing out a cadence that suggested they were actually having fun.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
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One trick I use when I have a "puller" is to suddenly make a 180-degree turn (i.e. turn in the opposite direction).
unknown title 2009
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The front wheels are connected to the handle, so if you pull the handle to the right, the front wheels turn the right as well, making the wagon easier to steer and reducing the amount of force required by the "puller".
chained_bear commented on the word puller
A printer's assistant who lays paper on the printing press, then pulls a bar which turns a screw and presses paper against ink-covered type.
August 26, 2008