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Definition of Pull-through
1. Noun. Cleaning implement consisting of an oily rag attached by a cord to a weight; is pulled through the barrel of a rifle or handgun to clean it.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pull-through
Literary usage of Pull-through
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The upward forces of buoyancy may also be regarded as concentrated into a single
upward pull through an imaginary point called the ..."
2. The French Revolution by Justin Huntly McCarthy (1890)
""HOW WILL BERRY PULL THROUGH?" His Well-beloved Majesty Louis XV. had a certain
sardonic humor of his own. His phrase about the Deluge was the epigrammatic ..."
3. Two Years in the Klondike and Alaskan Gold-fields: A Thrilling Narrative of by William B. Haskell (1898)
"... The Scarcity of Supplies—A Restaurant Price List — A Fresh Supply of Caribou
Meat — Curtailing the Work on the Mines—Those Left Pull Through. ..."
4. King's Complete History of the World War ...: 1914-1918. Europe's War with by William C. King (1922)
"... they had been swept by a British barrage, and subjected to constant shelling
of the German guns, but somehow had managed to pull through, ..."
5. Winston's Cumulative Loose-leaf Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Workedited by Thomas Edward Finegan edited by Thomas Edward Finegan (1922)
"... pull through heavy roads that would not otherwise be possible. The usual
practice is to pro- ..."
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