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barrack-room lawyer in British Englishnouna person who freely offers opinions, esp in legal matters, that he or she is unqualified to give Examples of 'barrack-room lawyer' in a sentencebarrack-room lawyer `Being a parson in a living like this means being a social worker, a barrack-room lawyer and an expert on almost everything.On the other, he is the busybody, wind-up, self-opinionated trouble-maker - both on the pitch and in his role as shop steward and barrack-room lawyer.The document refers to members of the public who dare to take issue with council employees as 'barrack room lawyers'.It is time for calmer voices, for a lot less heat and much more light and for many fewer barrack-room lawyers. |