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
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 Lynde, Francis
Yet, though ostensibly free, these local bodies are practically in the power of the political wire-puller, or cacique.
From Spanish Life in Town and Country by Dawson, William Harbutt
It's only that I so dislike Grace's ineradicable idea that I am a wire-puller.
From The Hermit and the Wild Woman by Wharton, Edith
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 Mallock, W. H. (William Hurrell)
