flesh-presser

flesh-presser

A politician, particularly one running for office and apt to meet, talk to, and shake hands with (i.e., "press the flesh of") many different people. There's no way you'll win the election if you aren't a flesh-presser with your constituents.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

flesh-presser

and palm-presser
n. a politician. Being a flesh-presser is risky during flu season. A palm-presser came to our door to ask us what we thought about his issues.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • hander
  • handers
  • have a glass jaw
  • ear hustler
  • draw (oneself) up to (one's) full height
  • draw yourself up/rise to your full height
  • oversharer
  • have got (one's) mind in the gutter
  • have mind in the gutter
  • have (one's) mind in the gutter
References in periodicals archive
They turned him into a walking billboard, a flesh-presser, a sponsor's plaything.
Hamilton the good guy deserves to be embraced much more by the public
The genial flesh-presser will need to ensure a crash course in Cantonese is top of his priorities when he arrives in Hong Kong judging by what happened when he was over there for his interview.
Food a universal language? Not for choked Pyrah; THE DIKLER