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wirepuller

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wire⋅pull⋅er

  [wahyuhr-pool-er]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that pulls wires.
2. a person who uses secret means to direct and control the actions of others, esp. for selfish ends; intriguer.
3. snake (def. 3b).
Origin:
1825–30, Americanism; wire + puller
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snake

  [sneyk] noun, verb, snaked, snak⋅ing.
–noun
1. any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas.
2. a treacherous person; an insidious enemy. Compare snake in the grass.
3. Building Trades.
a. Also called auger, plumber's snake. (in plumbing) a device for dislodging obstructions in curved pipes, having a head fed into the pipe at the end of a flexible metal band.
b. Also called wirepuller. a length of resilient steel wire, for threading through an electrical conduit so that wire can be pulled through after it.
–verb (used without object)
4. to move, twist, or wind: The road snakes among the mountains.
–verb (used with object)
5. to wind or make (one's course, way, etc.) in the manner of a snake: to snake one's way through a crowd.
6. to drag or haul, esp. by a chain or rope, as a log.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME (n.); OE snaca; c. MLG snake, ON snākr

Related forms:
snakelike, adjective
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wire·pull·er   (wīr'pŏŏl'ər)   
n.  

  1. Slang One who uses subterfuge, private influence, or underhand means to reach a goal.

  2. One who pulls wires or strings, as of puppets.

wire'pull'ing n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
snake

  1. in.
    to scheme; to plot and plan. (Prisons.) : He spent a lot of time snaking about that job.
  2. tv.
    to steal something. : Where did you snake that bike?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

snake  (v.)
1653, "to twist or wind (something) into the form of a snake," from snake (n.). The intrans. sense of "to move like a snake" is attested from 1848; that of "to wind or twist like a snake" (of roads, etc.) is from 1875.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: snake
Pronunciation: 'snAk
Function: noun
: any of numerous limbless scaled reptiles (suborder Serpentes syn. Ophidia) with a long tapering bodyand with salivary glands often modified to produce venom which is injected through grooved or tubular fangs
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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