whistle-pulln. a line or cord by pulling which the whistle of a steamer is sounded.
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whistle-pull1892
whistle-line1898
1892 ‘H. S. Merriman’Slave of Lamp xxvi Her captain swearing on the bridge, with the whistle-pull in his hand.