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Definition of Pullers
1. puller [n] - See also: puller
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pullers
Literary usage of Pullers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Science of Railways by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1914)
"Three styles of hand or pointer pullers are shown in Figs. ... pullers. handy tool
for use in removing gauge hands with the least liability of damage to ..."
2. The Science of Railways by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1904)
"Three styles of hand or pointer pullers are shown in Figs. ... pullers. handy tool
for use in removing gauge hands with the least liability of damage to ..."
3. Handbook of Clearing and Grubbing Methods and Cost by Halbert Powers Gillette (1917)
"Horse-power stump-pullers. The following is taken from Engineering and ...
There are a number of firms manufacturing stump- pullers and each make varies but ..."
4. The Far West, Or, A Tour Beyond the Mountains: Or, A Tour Beyond the by Edmund Flagg (1838)
"Among other singular objects were divers of those nondescript inventions of
Captain Shreve, yclept by the boatmen " Uncle Sam's Tooth-pullers;" and, ..."
5. Rural Affairs by John Jacob Thomas (1875)
"... and an easy mode of keeping the hams through summer in perfect condition.
STUMP pullers.—A correspondent gives us the following improvement on the stump ..."
6. Cross Country with Horse and Hound by Frank Sherman Peer (1902)
"I never pull at my horse's mouth," says a friend of mine, "but all my horses are
pullers. I don't understand it." The trouble with my friend is that he is ..."
7. The American Metropolis: From Knickerbocker Days to the Present Time : New by Frank Moss, Charles Henry Parkhurst (1897)
"... Americans cast out—The Spirit of Rebecca Fream—The Female pullers-in of Division
Street—Allen Street Church —Benighted Israel—Schools of Crime—Ignorance ..."
8. Modern Mechanism: Exhibiting the Latest Progress in Machines, Motors, and by D. Appleton and Company (1892)
"STUMP pullers. Machines for clearing lands of stumps without the use of methods
involving explosives. ..."
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