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noun
A clever, crafty, or otherwise extremely adroit practitioner of law.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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History
Possibly derived from Andrew Hamilton's skillful defense of John Peter Zenger in 1735, though, as the phrase is not attested until 1788, this is uncertain.
