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pullikins

pullikins noun: pliers once used to extract teeth.

Noun

pullikins pl (plural only)

  1. (dated, plural, plural-only) Pliers once used to extract teeth.
    • On Sundays he mounted the pulpit instead of black bare bones, and as a preacher he drew the fangs of Satan with his spiritual pullikins, almost as skillfully as he did the teeth of his brother sinners on week days, with his metallic ones.1867, Leigh Burton, American Journal of Dental Science, page 180

Origin of pullikins

From pull + -kins.

Questions about pullikins

What does pullikins mean?
Pullikins means pliers once used to extract teeth.
What part of speech is pullikins?
Pullikins is a noun.

Words near pullikins in the dictionary

  1. pullicate
  2. pullicates
  3. pullicats
  4. pullicide
  5. pullies
  6. pullikins
  7. pullin
  8. pullin'
  9. pulling
  10. pulling a face
  11. pulling a fast one

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