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 result of "coaching" for the occasion by some wire-puller was painfully apparent.
From The Campaign of Chancellorsville by Dodge, Theodore Ayrault
His first impulse was to rush off to Scotland Yard, expose the white-bearded wire-puller in the invalid chair, and claim protection.
From The Duke Decides by Hill, Headon
Monroe gave him a piece of paper, and the wire-puller began to make his calculations.
From Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat by Optic, Oliver
Francis Place was the wire-puller, to whose energy was due the abolition of the Conspiracy Laws in 1824.
From The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
