wire-worker

Party, party-service, order in rotation, have often determined the candidate, and, albeit he was the victim of notorious vices, the wire-worker reckoned advisedly upon rallying the strength of the party to his support, through his affinity with the vile on the one hand, and the unscrupulous devotion of all the rest to the platform, on the other.

Proceedings of the Bible Convention of the Confederate States of America : including the minutes of the organization of the Bible Society, Augusta, Ga., March 19th-21st, 1862 : and also a sermon preached before the convention by the Rev. George F. Pierce, D.D., Bishop of the M. E. Church, South, Ga. 1862: Augusta 1862

Party, party-service, order in rotation, have often determined the candidate, and, albeit he was the victim of notorious vices, the wire-worker reckoned advisedly upon rallying the strength of the party to his support, through his affinity with the vile on the one hand, and the unscrupulous devotion of all the rest to the platform, on the other.

The word of God a nation's life : a sermon, preached before the Bible Convention of the Confederate States, Augusta, Georgia, March 19th, 1862, 1862

The latter had been occupied by Mr. James Busby, who carried on the business of a wire-worker at the rear.

Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men Eliezer Edwards 1853

I wrote also to Mr. West, the wire-worker, in Wych-street, to the same effect, and to inform him of what I had written to Cleary.

Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 3 Henry Hunt 1804