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pullstring en · NOUN

Etymology

From pull + string.

Meanings

1. A cord that activates or releases something when pulled.
   • These crates were constructed to unload the wood with a pullstring. Like puppets, the wood danced in the air as it was unloaded. 2004, Debra Porter, Lucid Dream: A Healing Allegory, page 36:
   • The toy includes a pullstring phonograph and a mechanism for preventing inward movement of the string until the predetermined operation is performed. 1975, Gazette Du Bureau Des Brevets:

Forms

Coordinates

pullcord · pullchain