Pull-through

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An exercise in which weight is pulled via a cable passed between the legs.
  2. 2
    cleaning implement consisting of an oily rag attached by a cord to a weight; is pulled through the barrel of a rifle or handgun to clean it wordnet
  3. 3
    A length of cord about a metre long with a narrow cylindrical weight at one end and loops at the other. Used for cleaning rifle barrels, by pulling through a piece of cloth.
  4. 4
    The trick of apparently cutting the cards while leaving the deck in the same sequence as before.

    "THE PULL-THROUGH is used for a crooked shuffle to keep the cards stacked."

Example

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"THE PULL-THROUGH is used for a crooked shuffle to keep the cards stacked."

Etymology

Deverbal from pull through.

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