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barrack-room lawyer en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (slang) A know-it-all.
    • "Dot" Williams: If you were any kind of senior officer, you wouldn't have sent such an inexperienced young policeman out on such a dangerous job. Senior Sergeant Grossmith: Hooked yourself a regular barracks room lawyer, I see. 2012 May 4, Shelley Birse, “Blood and Circuses” (34:38 from the start), in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, season 1, episode 11:

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Synonyms

barracks lawyer