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under-ˈpuller [Cf. prec.] A secret agent.
1682T. Flatman Heraclitus Ridens No. 69, But 'tis great pity this Scribler be not made an Under-puller in the Work of defending the City-Charter against the King. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 388 Underpullers to these are the Shop⁓keepers, whose Mercurial Parts are fitted to put off the worst Wares. a1734North Examen ii. iv. §138 For the King is this..Ridiculer, and this Fellow, Fitzharris, his Underpuller. |