English Dictionary

pullikins

名詞

古風 複数形 複数形のみ

(dated) Pliers once used to extract teeth.

日本語の意味

（古い用語）歯を抜くために使用されたペンチ

In the dimly lit apothecary, the barber reached for the pullikins and prepared to extract the aching molar.

薄暗い薬局で、理髪師は抜歯用のペンチを手に取り、痛む大臼歯を抜く準備をした。

意味（1）

(dated) Pliers once used to extract teeth.

On Sundays he mounted the pulpit instead of black bare bones, and as a preacher he drew the fangs of Satan with his spiritual pullikins, almost as skillfully as he did the teeth of his brother sinners on week days, with his metallic ones.