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)

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