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Meaning of pull-through | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. An exercise in which weight is pulled via a cable passed between the legs.
  2. 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.
  3. The trick of apparently cutting the cards while leaving the deck in the same sequence as before.

Examples

“THE PULL-THROUGH is used for a crooked shuffle to keep the cards stacked.”
“The most popular and most deceptive of the false shuffles is the Pull Through [sic], a dazzling and completely crooked shuffle which doesn't alter the position of a single card.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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