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View synonyms for plugger

plugger

[ pluhg-er ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that plugs.
  2. any of various machines or tools that insert, remove, or manipulate plugs or pluglike materials, as a dental instrument used to pack and mold the filling in a tooth cavity.


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Teague replied: “I have to allow an operator or plugger a way to appeal when he believes our requirements are unreasonable.”

If the gold does not stick directly, put in more cylinders with the plugger, and recommence the condensation with the burnisher.

I found that by holding a steel plugger an inch from the tooth I could give her a violent galvanic shock.

If the tin shows any tendency to slide, use a more deeply serrated plugger.

The idea that a rope could be fed into a cavity with a plugger faster and easier than a tape has long ago been disproved.

I use square-pointed pluggers (four-cornered), as part of the packing is done with the side of the plugger.

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