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
"What do you mean by your ticket?" demanded Kendall, who was rather confused by the technical terms of the wire-puller.
From Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat by Optic, Oliver
"It was very astute of me, or of the wire-puller above us, to postpone my fit until the very moment you were with me," he said.
From Atlantis by Seltzer, Adele Szold
Place, therefore, acted as a most efficient wire-puller, but had no ambition to leave his shop to make speeches on the hustings.
From The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
Thurlow Weed, editor, man of the world, political wire-puller beyond compare, Seward's devoted henchman, was the legate.
From Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War by Stephenson, Nathaniel W. (Nathaniel Wright)
