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spookmaster en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Etymology

From spook + master.

Meanings

1. (slang) A spymaster.
   • Jack glances at you sidelong while the middle-aged spookmaster is fumbling to articulate whatever it is he's got stuck in his mind. 2007, Charles Stross, Halting State:
   • […] the jocular antics of a Hollywood-trained Ronald Reagan during photo ops were let down by the duller visuals provided by a former CIA spookmaster. 1990, Carol Squiers, The Critical Image:
   • The original series, which premiered in 1934 and didn't switch the lights back on until 1939, was the brainchild of a near-forgotten spookmaster […] 2000, Gerald Nachman, Raised on Radio:

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