pull-through

English

Etymology

Deverbal from pull through.

Noun

pull-through (plural pull-throughs)

1. An exercise in which weight is pulled via a cable passed between the legs.
2. A length of cord about a metre long with a narrow cylindrical weight at one end and loops at the other. Used for cleaning rifle barrels, by pulling through a piece of cloth.
3. (gambling) The trick of apparently cutting the cards while leaving the deck in the same sequence as before.
   • 1942, Yank, volume 1, numbers 1-45, page 8:

     THE PULL-THROUGH is used for a crooked shuffle to keep the cards stacked.

   • 1961, John Scarne, Complete Guide to Gambling, page 547:

     The most popular and most deceptive of the false shuffles is the Pull Through [sic], a dazzling and completely crooked shuffle which doesn't alter the position of a single card.