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rabbi
noun
a mentor or protector US- The translation of “I see you got the gold tin, who’s your rabbi?” is “I see you have been promoted to detective. Who’s your high-ranked sponsor?” — New York Times, 15 February 1970
- He did not have, nor did he attempt to develop, any “rabbis”–people in high places in the department–to advance his career[.] — Peter Maas, Serpico, p. 110, 1973
- [M]urders were all right as long as you had your rabbi–cops and robbers were all mixed up. — Edwin Torres, Carlito’s Way, p. 35, 1975
- Now my rabbi, Carmody, comes up with this guy[.] — George V. Higgins, The Judgment of Deke Hunter, p. a, 1976
- You mean an Irish guy like you didn’t have no rabbi? — Edwin Torres, Q & A, p. 17, 1977
- That hasn’t changed. Cops still move into slots according to who their rabbis are, and you guys are paying off the rabbis. — Vincent Patrick, The Pope of Greenwich Village, p. 39, 1979
- Then comes my Chinaman–who is called a rabbi in New York, a mentor in the colleges and a political sponsor elsewhere–Delvin, who has plenty of jobs to give out since the shit has to be kept moving. — Robert Campbell, Junkyard Dog, pp. 7–8, 1986
- — William Safire, Safire’s New Political Dictionary, p. 639, 1993
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