wire-puller
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Most active wire-puller against Lewis was foxy Daniel J. Tobin, head of the Federation's biggest union, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen & Helpers.
From Time Magazine Archive
The celebrated wire-puller, whose name was familiar to every statesman and stock-broker in Europe, had an appearance very unlike his reputation.
From The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War by Upward, Allen
Yet, though ostensibly free, these local bodies are practically in the power of the political wire-puller, or cacique.
From Spanish Life in Town and Country by Dawson, William Harbutt
Mathers was simply the best organiser and wire-puller I ever met in the course of my life.
From Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885 by Reid, Stuart J. (Stuart Johnson)
"What's the meaning of it all?" persisted the Washington wire-puller, surveying the Fastburg wire-puller with bland superiority, much as the city mouse may have surveyed the country mouse.
From Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
