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shyster
noun- a lawyer, especially an unprofessional, dishonest or rapacious lawyer; any dishonest professional US, 1843
In his Origin of the Term Shyster, slang lexicographer Gerald Cohen demonstrates the craft of slang etymology at its highest: “coined by New York journalist Mike Walsh”. - [L]ater on I’ll be touchy, you goddamn shyster, you yellow shyster. — Horace McCoy, Kiss Tomorrow Good-bye, p. 135, 1948
- If we get a confession, we beat it out of the guy, they say, and some shyster calls us Gestapo in court[.] — Raymond Chandler, The Little Sister, p. 218, 1949
- We’ve already given some shyster defense lawyer enough to go yellin’ third-degree. — Jim Thompson, The Killer Inside, p. 37, 1952
- Our girl’s going to need fancier shysters than I can afford. — Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, p. 94, 1958
- Two ambulance-chasing shysters were vying with each other for her consent to sue Coffin Ed and the New York police department[.] — Chester Himes, The Real Cool Killers, p. 147, 1959
- The next morning I had an appointment with a shyster agent[.] — Babs Gonzales, I Paid My Dues, p. 52, 1967
- I mean you’re calling this shyster Al, like he’s an old friend. — Robert Campbell, Juice, p. 155, 1988
- [H]is estranged wife had hired some shyster lawyer[.] — Greg Williams, Diamond Geezers, p. 98, 1997
- a very poorly attended circus performance UK
- [B]usiness was so poor that the wooden seating was easier to see than the flatties [audience]. Such a house is called a “shyster”. — Butch Reynolds, Broken Hearted Clown, p. 30, 1953
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