Home » Dictionary » pulling

pulling

pulling
 n.— «He mentioned a technique called “pulling,” which children are using to obtain alcohol. “Pulling is when kids will wait in front of a convenience store or some place that sells alcohol,” Melnick said. “Then they will ask customers who are old enough to go in and buy alcohol for them. Well, that is a felony now.”» —“Group seeks to sway attitudes toward underage drinking” by Jeff Keller Current-Argus (Carlsbad, N.M.) Apr. 28, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

Leave a comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Further reading

At First Blush (episode #1529)

Book recommendations and the art of apology. Martha and Grant share some good reads, including an opinionated romp through English grammar, a Spanish-language adventure novel, an account of 19th-century dictionary wars, and a gorgeously illustrated...

Hair on Your Tongue (episode #1517)

If you speak both German and Spanish, you may find yourself reaching for a German word instead of a Spanish one, and vice versa. This puzzling experience is so common among polyglots that linguists have a name for it. • The best writers create...

Recent posts