wirepuller \wirepuller\, Wire-puller \Wire"-pull`er\, n.
One who pulls the wires, as of a puppet; hence, one who uses
secret influence (i.e. pulls wires or strings) for his own
ends; an intriguer.
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Political wire-pullers and convention packers.
--Lowell.
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