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pullikins

noun

Etymology

From pull + -kins.

  1. inherited from pul
  2. inherited from pullian — “to pull, draw, tug, pluck off”
  3. inherited from pullen
  4. suffixed as pullikins — “pull + kins”

Definitions

  1. 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.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA