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Philadelphia lawyer
noun
a shrewd and skilled lawyer who is not guided by scruples or ethics US, 1788
One of many unwarranted slurs on a fine city.- What in hell are you? a Philadelphia lawyer? — Hubert Selby Jr, Last Exit to Brooklyn, p. 35, 1957
- Came one response, “You’ll need a Philadelphia lawyer for that one.” — Sidney Bernard, This Way to the Apocalypse, p. 22, 1968
- Ya gotta have a dozen Philadelphia lawyers to figure out them propositions anyway. — Eugene Boe (Compiler), The Wit & Wisdom of Archie Bunker, p. 59, 1971
- “ Don’t pull that Philadelphia lawyer on me,” Serpico replied[.] — Peter Maas, Serpico, p. 241, 1973
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