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WIRE-PULLER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wire-puller mean?
• WIRE-PULLER (noun)
The noun WIRE-PULLER has 1 sense:
1. one who uses secret influence (i.e. pulls wires or strings) for his own ends
Familiarity information: WIRE-PULLER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One who uses secret influence (i.e. pulls wires or strings) for his own ends
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("wire-puller" is a kind of...):
hustler; operator; wheeler dealer (a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties)
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