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flack catcher en · NOUN

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1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of flak catcher.
   alt of flak catcher
   • The flack catcher's job is to try to entangle them in their tricky game of catch questions. 2011, Peter J Miele, Baptism of Fire:
   • It was my first experience with the phenomenon that would later be called "mau-mauing the flack catcher." 2005, Béla Szabados, Once Upon a Time in the West:
   • As indicated above it is frustrating and a waste of time to talk to a "flack catcher" who has no authority. 1986, Bill Lee, Pragmatics of Community Organization, page 129:

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