Definitions | Philadelphia lawyer |
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- A clever, crafty, or otherwise extremely adroit practitioner of law.
Etymology: Possibly derived from w:Andrew Hamilton (lawyer), Andrew Hamilton's skilled defence of w:John Peter Zenger, John Peter Zenger in 1735, though as the phrase is not attested until 1788 this is uncertain
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