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underpullers

underpullers is the plural of underpuller.

Meaning of underpuller

Noun

underpuller (plural underpullers)

  1. (obsolete) 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
  2. (obsolete) 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

Questions about underpullers

What is underpullers the plural of?
Underpullers is the plural of underpuller.

Words near underpullers in the dictionary

  1. underpublicized
  2. underpublished
  3. underpull
  4. underpulled
  5. underpuller
  6. underpullers
  7. underpulling
  8. underpulls
  9. underpulse
  10. underpulses
  11. underpunctuate

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