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Philadelphia lawyer
noun
a lawyer of outstanding ability at exploiting legal fine points and technicalities.
Origin:
1780–90, Americanism
1780–90, Americanism
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Philadelphia lawyer
A shrewd attorney, adept at dealing with legal technicalities, as in It would take a Philadelphia lawyer to get him off. This expression dates from the late 1700s and, as lexicographer Richard H. Thornton observed: "Why members of the Philadelphia bar should be credited with superhuman sagacity has never been satisfactorily explained."
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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