wire-puller
Example Sentences
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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 choice was not the result of merit; on the other hand, it was not the work of the ordinary wicked wire-puller, for what may be called the machine was working for Seward.
From Abraham Lincoln by Godfrey Rathbone Benson, Baron Charnwood
"What's the meaning of it all?" persisted the Washington wire-puller, surveying the Fastburg wire-puller with bland superiority, much as the city mouse may have surveyed the country mouse.
From Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) by Constance Fenimore Woolson
She was greatly interested in all its activities, and prepared to be proud of its achievements, but she possessed none of the instincts of a wire-puller.
From Betty Wales Freshman by Edith K. Dunton
There were two of them; one who was hired to do the talking while the real wire-puller stood aside and held the coin bag.
From The Wreckers by Francis Lynde
