单词 | wire-puller |
释义 | wire-puller (once / 142402 pages) n WORD FAMILY wire-puller USAGE EXAMPLESHis first impulse was to rush off to Scotland Yard, expose the white-bearded wire-puller in the invalid chair, and claim protection. Hill, Headon, The Duke Decides(2011) But now all that was changed, and the personality of Bhagwan Singh's English wire-puller had for him a sinister significance. Hill, Headon, A Traitor's Wooing(2010) The celebrated wire-puller, whose name was familiar to every statesman and stock-broker in Europe, had an appearance very unlike his reputation. Upward, Allen, The International Spy—Being the Sec...(2010) n one who uses secret influence (i.e. pulls wires or strings) for his own ends Hyper hustler, operator, wheeler dealer a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties |
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