Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A nail-extractor (which see).
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Examples
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Mr. Hopsby took me around a corner before I started and, presenting me with a nail-puller, told me he was afraid he was doing wrong to send me out,
A Man of Samples Something about the men he met "On the Road" William H. Maher
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Three or four good axes, several bill-hooks, a good hatchet with hammer head and nail-puller should be in the tool kit.
Appendix B. The Outfit for Travelling in the South American Wilderness 1914
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TOOLS -- Three or four good axes, several bill-hooks, a good hatchet with hammer head and nail-puller should be in the tool kit.
Through the Brazilian Wilderness Theodore Roosevelt 1888
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He becomes an expert with a nail-puller, knows strictly fresh eggs from eggs, and learns how to adapt himself to the whims, caprices and notions of the customers who know little and assume much.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen Elbert Hubbard 1885
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