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Definition of Pull-off
1. Noun. Designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pull-off
Literary usage of Pull-off
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Electric Traction: A Treatise on the Application of Electric Power to by Alfred Thomas Dover (1917)
"Hence the tension j in pull-off wire No. 4, which is radial, will be 169+ * =169+183=352
lb., and the tension in Nos. 3 and 5 70O v 1^-05 ou will be 188+— ..."
2. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1816)
"Mr. Darnell. You say you saw several persons bring out mate-nuls: How many might
there be ? " Eaton. I heard him say, Pull off your hat. Eaton. ..."
3. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings edited by John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins (1887)
"The Saint surrounded by a demon, trying to pull off his mantle, and three female
figures; the one ft. 2 in. St. Anthony enthroned on a pedestal •with ..."
4. A Collection of Poems by Robert Dodsley (1758)
"... nor pull off the magical fetters, Till you rife in the morn about family matters.
... pull off ..."
5. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1902)
"It relates to what is known as a "pull off." In these machines the thread is held
under tension, and the needle was obliged to pull off the thread against ..."
6. A Sketch of the History of Attleborough: From Its Settlement to the Division by John Daggett, Amelia Daggett Shellfield (1894)
"He was ordered to pull off his hat, while in the presence of the people's soldiers.
Here, before the whole company, he was compelled to enter into an ..."
7. The English and Scottish Popular Ballads by George Lyman Kittredge (1884)
"6 ' Pull off, pull off thy silken gown, And deliver it unto me ; Methinks ...
9 ' If I must pull off my Holland smock, Pray turn thy back unto me ; For it ..."
8. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1873)
"Tho pull-off of trigger is anally, a pull-off of trigger regulated and made as
... A pull off of not more than five or six pounds, and a sharp and certain ..."
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