Pullikins
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pullikins is a noun meaning (dated) Pliers once used to extract teeth.
Meaning
(dated) Pliers once used to extract teeth.
Example Sentences
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include toothpicker, dentiscalp, picktooth, pincers, pliers, tweezers.
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