pull-up boy

noun

A boy employed in a metalworks to raise the furnace door.

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door drawer
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Meanings

nounpull-up boy (plural pull-up boys)

plural pull-up boys

  1. historicalA boy employed in a metalworks to raise the furnace door.

    Synonyms: door drawer

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA boy employed in a metalworks to raise the furnace door.

Similar
door drawer
Also see
door drawer
Cite this entry
APA

pull-up boy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pull-up%20boy

MLA

“pull-up boy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pull-up%20boy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pull-up boy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pull-up%20boy.

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