单词 | lawyerling |
释义 | > as lemmasˈlawyerling ˈlawyerling n. a contemptuous term for a lawyer; also, a young lawyer, a law-student; also attributive. 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 society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > young lawyerling1830 1830 D. O'Connell in Ann. Reg., Chron. 176/2 A wretched English scribe..urged on by his paltry, pitiful lawyerlings... The English Major-general and his lawyerling staff. 1862 H. Mayhew & J. Binny Criminal Prisons of London 72 A chapel-like edifice called the ‘hall’..where the lawyerlings ‘qualify’ for the bar. < as lemmas |
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