pullikins

English

Etymology

From pull +‎ -kins.

Noun

pullikins pl (plural only)

1. (dated) Pliers once used to extract teeth.
   • 1867, Leigh Burton, American Journal of Dental Science, page 180:

     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.