Wirepuller
nounEtymology From wire + puller, in reference to Warrington's wire industry.
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Someone from Warrington.
wirepuller
nounalso spelled WirepullerEtymology From wire + puller, suggesting the operator of a puppet; compare pull strings.
- 'Filled with old doddering peers, cute financial magnates, clever wirepullers, big brewers with bulbous noses. All the enemies of progress are there — weaklings, sleek, slug, comfortable, self-important individuals.1908, Winston Churchill, Letter to his fianceé Clementine:
- […] there lies, alas, the tragedy of the millions of lives immolated by the ignorant peoples as the price paid for the deception practised upon them by the Imperialistic wirepullers.1919, Foreign Affairs: A Monthly Digest and Interpretation:
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Synonym of snake (“tool for pulling cables”).