| 单词 | legal beagle |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslegal beagle legal beagle n. colloquial a lawyer; spec. one who is keen and astute. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > inferior, rascally, or shrewd fogger1564 pettifogger1564 long fifteen1611 leguleian1617 peatc1680 pettifog1721 Philadelphia lawyer1788 legal beagle1822 lawyerling1830 shyster1844 legal eagle1869 1822 Examiner 22 Sept. 596/1 He offered submission in meekness and tears, The fierce legal beagles to hush. 1880 Daily Graphic (N.Y.) 26 Nov. 190/4 No less than two pairs of these legal beagles having been let loose upon the unhappy invalid by order of a benign and merciful court. 1953 B. Glemser Dove on his Shoulder xii. 230 Since these letters are evidence they ought to be handed over to our legal beagles. 2014 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. (Nexis) 19 Sept. a21 The legal beagles and lawmakers, not to be confused with the police, have bent the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to please themselves. < as lemmas |
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