Philadelphia Lawyer Definition

noun
A clever, shrewd, or tricky lawyer, esp. one skilled in taking advantage of legal technicalities.
Webster's New World

(US) A clever, crafty, or otherwise extremely adroit practitioner of law.

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Singular:
Philadelphia lawyer
Plural:
philadelphia-lawyers

Origin of Philadelphia Lawyer

  • Possibly derived from Andrew Hamilton's skillful defense of John Peter Zenger in 1735, though, as the phrase is not attested until 1788, this is uncertain.

    From Wiktionary

  • After Philadelphia Pennsylvania

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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