单词 | Philadelphia lawyer |
释义 | Philadelphia lawyernoun informal A very shrewd lawyer expert in the exploitation of legal technicalities.The consequence was a labyrinthine system of bonus points and calculating the draw which a Philadelphia lawyer might well have struggled to understand....
OriginWith reference to Andrew Hamilton of Philadelphia, who successfully defended John Zenger (1735), an American journalist and publisher, from libel charges. |
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