pull-through

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pull-through

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Deverbal from pull through.

noun pull-throughs

An exercise in which weight is pulled via a cable passed between the legs.
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.
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.

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@misc{pull_through_2026,
  title = {pull-through},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pull-through},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}