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
Forney was a mighty wire-puller, if not exactly before the Lord, at least before the elections, and he opined that I had secured the success.
From Memoirs by Charles Godfrey Leland
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
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
In the language of the political wire-puller, it affords them a good "cry" with which to go to the people.
From A Critical Examination of Socialism by W. H. (William Hurrell) Mallock
