pullikins

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noun

Pliers once used to extract teeth.

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Meanings

nounpullikins pl (plural only)
  1. datedpluralplural onlyPliers 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.

    1867, Leigh Burton, American Journal of Dental Science, page 180

Origin

From pull + -kins.

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APA

pullikins. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pullikins

MLA

“pullikins.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pullikins. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pullikins,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pullikins.

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