wire-puller
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Most active wire-puller against Lewis was foxy Daniel J. Tobin, head of the Federation's biggest union, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen & Helpers.
From Time Magazine Archive
The great wire-puller and his gang of stipendiaries were the objects of popular gratitude and adoration.
From Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) by Constance Fenimore Woolson
I'll admit that I'm no good as a wire-puller, but when it comes to getting out the voters, there's where you will find me as solid as a bridge abutment.
From Cattle Brands A Collection of Western Camp-fire Stories by Andy Adams
If he had been a political wire-puller, many of our misfortunes might have been averted.
From Vanished Arizona by Martha Summerhayes
You will best serve him by being perfectly frank with me, and if it will induce you to be so, let me say that the wire-puller in the business is Mr. Travers Nugent.
From A Traitor's Wooing by Headon Hill
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