puller n.
1. (US) a smuggler (of liquor) [they ‘pull in’ contraband].
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | ‘The Three Wise Guys’ in Runyon on Broadway (1954) 398: He is the largest puller on the Atlantic seaboard. | |
| Criminal Sl. (rev. edn). |
2. (UK Und.) that member of a smash-and-grab team who pulls the merchandise from a shop window.
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Phenomena in Crime 136: The ‘puller’ grabs the booty. |
3. (US Und.) a pickpocket.
| Criminal Sl. (rev. edn). |
4. see puller-in n.
5. in drug uses [SE pull, to puff on a pipe or cigarette].
(a) (US drugs) a marijuana smoker.
| , | | DAS. |
(b) (US drugs) one who lures addicts to buy and non-addicts to try heroin; like a pusher n. (3c)
| Scene (1996) 97: Bertha wasn’t a great puller, but she might do as well as Rudy Black. |
(c) a crack cocaine user who pulls at parts of their body when intoxicated.
| Crackhouse 150: pullers users of crack-cocaine-freebase who pull parts of their bodies (e.g., ears, nose, hair) excessively. | |
| ‘Drug Sl. Vault’ on Erowid.org 🌐 Puller Crack smoker who pulls at parts of their body excessively. |