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pull-up boys

pull-up boys is the plural of pull-up boy.

Meaning of pull-up boy

Noun

pull-up boy (plural pull-up boys)

  1. (historical) A boy employed in a metalworks to raise the furnace door.
    Synonyms:
    door drawer

Questions about pull-up boys

What is pull-up boys the plural of?
Pull-up boys is the plural of pull-up boy.

Words near pull-up boys in the dictionary

  1. pull-to-publish
  2. pull-up
  3. pull-up bar
  4. pull-up bars
  5. pull-up boy
  6. pull-up boys
  7. pull-up resistor
  8. pull-up resistors
  9. pull-upped
  10. pull-upping
  11. pull-ups

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