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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Pull Devil, Pull Baker Let each one do the best for himself in his own line of business, but let not one man interfere in that of another. "It's all fair pulling, `pull devil, pull baker;' someone has to get the worst of it. Now it's us [bushrangers], now it's them [the police] that gets ... rubbed out."- Boldrewood: Robbery under Arms, chap. xxxvii. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: PULL DEVIL, PULL BAKER |
| Specialty definitions using "PULL DEVIL, PULL BAKER": Devil to Pay and no Pitch Hot. (references) |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 55 4C 4C 44 45 56 49 4C 2C 50 55 4C 4C 42 41 4B 45 52 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01010101 01001100 01001100 00100000 01000100 01000101 01010110 01001001 01001100 00101100 00100000 01010000 01010101 01001100 01001100 00100000 01000010 01000001 01001011 01000101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P U L L   D E V I L ,   P U L L   B A K E R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0055 004C 004C 0044 0045 0056 0049 004C 002C 0050 0055 004C 004C 0042 0041 004B 0045 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50554646238395643461425055464623635453952 |
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