wire-puller
Example Sentences
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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
In the language of the political wire-puller, it affords them a good "cry" with which to go to the people.
From A Critical Examination of Socialism by Mallock, W. H. (William Hurrell)
Thurlow Weed, editor, man of the world, political wire-puller beyond compare, Seward's devoted henchman, was the legate.
From Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War by Stephenson, Nathaniel W. (Nathaniel Wright)
It's only that I so dislike Grace's ineradicable idea that I am a wire-puller.
From The Hermit and the Wild Woman by Wharton, Edith
The result of "coaching" for the occasion by some wire-puller was painfully apparent.
From The Campaign of Chancellorsville by Dodge, Theodore Ayrault
