underpuller
underpuller noun: an assistant or underling.
Noun
underpuller (plural underpullers)
- An assistant or underling.
- Underpullers to these are the Shopkeepers, whose Mercurial Parts are fitted to put off the worst Wares, by making appearance of the best, either by false Lights, or crafty obtruding the Choisest to the view on their Stalls, and foisting Goods disagreable to the Patterns of the Chapmen.1698, John Fryer, A new account of East-India and Persia, page 388
- These Concessions were very material to the Quiet and Well-being of the Subject, who before was exposed to the arbitrary Decisions of Officers, that suffered their Underpullers to oppress the Neighbourhood by Informations and Encroachments, and made them the most abject Slaves.1728, Nathaniel Salmon, A New Survey of England, page 149
- One who underpulls.
- These Underpullers in Distraction, are such implicit Mortals as are not to be matched upon any other Occasion: A perfect Stranger shall Engage them at the first Word.1703, Jeremy Collier, Essays upon Several Moral Subjects, page 139
Forms of underpuller
| plural | underpullers |
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Origin of underpuller
From underpull + -er.
Questions about underpuller
- What does underpuller mean?
- Underpuller means an assistant or underling.
- What part of speech is underpuller?
- Underpuller is a noun.
- What is the plural of underpuller?
- The plural of underpuller is underpullers.
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