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mouthpiece
noun- a lawyer UK, 1857
- He went up for a hearing and the judge appointed two more attorneys to the case, and these mouthpieces finally made a deal with the D.A. — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 268, 1946
- “If I hire a mouthpiece, then they know I got dough and I’m licked.” — Max Shulman, Sleep Till Noon, p. 29, 1950
- “The flagrantly provocational role played by Det-Constable Silver” gave his mouthpiece something to bite on[.] — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 99, 1956
- “He’s out of town, but he’s the best mouthpiece fixer in Chi.” — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Long White Con, p. 179, 1977
- TILLEY: You got a high-priced mouthpiece to speak for ya? BB: I don’t need one. I don’t expect to win. — Tin Men, 1987
- a spokesperson UK, 1805
- Clifford C. H. Tavernier, close to Dawson, is the present Bronzeville mouthpiece. — Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, Chicago Confidential, p. 46, 1950
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