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wire-puller|ˈwaɪəˌpʊlə(r)|
[orig. U.S.; see wire n. 8 a and pull v. 7.]
One who ‘pulls the wires’; one who works secretly to further the interests of a person or party; esp. a politician or political agent who privately influences and directs others.
1833in J. R. Commons et al. Documentary Hist. Amer. Industr. Soc. (1910) VIII. 340 Wire-pullers..for the furtherance of..party interest. 1848N.Y. Mirror 5 June (Bartlett) Already that city [Philadelphia] is filled with wire-pullers,..and the whole brood of political make-shifts. 1859Green Oxf. Stud. iv. (O.H.S.) 263 This youth breaks out..in a passionate loyalty to academical wire-pullers. 1898G. W. E. Russell Coll. & Recoll. iii. 35 The type of politician who is the despair of the official wire-puller.
So ˈwire-ˌpulling vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1847Congressional Globe 26 Jan. 262/3 Neither by demonstrations here, nor by figuring and wire-pulling at home, am I engaged to the support of this bill. 1876‘E. Pinto’ Ye outside Fools! 36 Let your clients try their best against the wire-pulling usurers. 1878N. Amer. Rev. CXXVII. 9 Wretched, wire-pulling demagogues. 1887Sat. Rev. 14 May 705/2 Literary wire-pulling and bargaining with publishers. |