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Found 2 hits - Term: to pull a finch, Database: *, Strategy: prefix

[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pull \pull\, v. t. imp.  p. p. pulled; p. pr.  vb. n.
   pulling. as. pullian; cf. lg. pulen, and gael. peall,
   piol, spiol.
   1. to draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.
      1913 webster

            ne'er pull your hat upon your brows.  --shak.
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            he put forth his hand . . . and pulled her in.
                                                  --gen. viii.
                                                  9.
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   2. to draw apart; to tear; to rend.
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            he hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in
            pieces; he hath made me desolate.     --lam. iii.
                                                  11.
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   3. to gather with the hand, or by drawing toward one; to
      pluck; as, to pull fruit; to pull flax; to pull a finch.
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   4. to move or operate by the motion of drawing towards one;
      as, to pull a bell; to pull an oar.
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   5. horse racing to hold back, and so prevent from winning;
      as, the favorite was pulled.
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   6. print. to take or make, as a proof or impression; --
      hand presses being worked by pulling a lever.
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   7. cricket to strike the ball in a particular manner. see
      pull, n., 8.
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            never pull a straight fast ball to leg. --r. h.
                                                  lyttelton.
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   to pull and haul, to draw hither and thither. " both are
      equally pulled and hauled to do that which they are unable
      to do. " --south.

   to pull down, to demolish; to destroy; to degrade; as, to
      pull down a house. " in political affairs, as well as
      mechanical, it is easier to pull down than build up."
      --howell. " to raise the wretched, and pull down the
      proud." --roscommon.

   to pull a finch. see under finch.

   to pull off, take or draw off.
      1913 webster
see also:
pulled pulling pull to pull and haul to pull down to pull a finch 
finch to pull off

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

finch \finch\ fi^nch, n.; pl. finches fi^nch"e^z.
   as. finc; akin to d. vink, ohg. fincho, g. fink; cf. w. pinc
   a finch; also e. spink. zool.
   a small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to
   the family fringillidae.
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   note: the word is often used in composition, as in chaffinch,
         goldfinch, grassfinch, pinefinch, etc.
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   bramble finch. see brambling.

   canary finch, the canary bird.

   copper finch. see chaffinch.

   diamond finch. see under diamond.

   finch falcon zool., one of several very small east indian
      falcons of the genus hierax.

   to pull a finch, to swindle an ignorant or unsuspecting
      person. obs. "privily a finch eke could he pull."
      --chaucer.
      1913 webster
see also:
finches fringillidae bramble finch brambling canary finch copper finch 
chaffinch diamond finch diamond finch falcon hierax 
to pull a finch