pullstring

• pull string , pull-string

From pull +‎ string .

pullstring (plural pullstrings )

1. A cord that activates or releases something when pulled.

   Coordinate terms: pullchain , pullcord

   • 1975, Gazette Du Bureau Des Brevets:

     The toy includes a pullstring phonograph and a mechanism for preventing inward movement of the string until the predetermined operation is performed.

   • 2004, Debra Porter, Lucid Dream: A Healing Allegory, page 36:

     These crates were constructed to unload the wood with a pullstring. Like puppets, the wood danced in the air as it was unloaded.

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