| 单词 | shyster |
| 例句 | “Face it, my dear, your husband and I are running a firm of shysters,” a takeover attorney explains to the wife of his law partner. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Abelman’s shysters could wipe him out; he couldn’t give his wife the satisfaction of seeing that happen. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your Honor. These shysters have been deceiving everyone long enough. Producing illegal alcohol, or their so-called elixir, to raise funds to buy the land. I’d say it’s time to put that land up for sale.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Clennam is a quiet hero by Dickens's standards, a modest, idealistic man who, like just about everybody else in the novel, has lost money by investing in the shyster Merdle. Howard Jacobson on taking comic novels seriously 2010-10-08T23:07:00Z But while Kim fell for Jimmy, she could take or leave Saul, a swaggering shyster who bends and breaks the law for evil men. From beignet bites to a deadly dance, here are 2022's best TV episodes. Well, six of them, anyway 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z We needed to know if Hilda's flying ducks had been spared in the flood or if Bet's new boyfriend, like all those before, would turn out to be a bed-her-then-run shyster. My Street life 2010-12-03T07:00:00Z In response he created Saul Goodman in an act of frustration and shame, to act out his shameless impulses, let his shyster flag fly freely and without guilt, to get away with unscrupulous acts. "Better Call Saul" and the two faces of JMM 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z Like the aforementioned programs, the show never makes the parallel between Trump and the shyster because it doesn’t need to. New old money: why hating the super rich remains small screen gold 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Chow plays a shyster lawyer, Sung, who wins cases by firing off nonsensical arguments at an equally fast pace, bewildering the provincial judges who try to keep up with him. Stephen Chow: The King of Comedy, Film Retrospective at BAM 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z With his tucked-in shirt and head-mic, his flawless delivery and his cowboy confidence, he just reeks of untrustworthiness, like a conference hall shyster. Comedy gold: Stewart Francis's Tour de Francis 2012-10-04T15:01:15Z The critically acclaimed Breaking Bad series ended after five seasons last year, and Gilligan, the show’s creator, is looking to draw on the show’s roster of talents for his new series about a shyster lawyer. Aaron Paul In “Serious Talks” Over Breaking Bad Spinoff 2014-03-01T20:06:47Z “The right thing,” Jimmy replies haltingly as he rises above his shyster tendencies. 'Better Call Saul' recap: Jimmy acts honorably -- and it costs him 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Gilligan himself confirmed as much with Breaking Bad prequel Better Call Saul, in which affable Jimmy McGill follows a similar trajectory to Walt, as he morally morphs into the shyster lawyer Saul Goodman. Skyler White: the underdog who set the template for TV's antiheroine 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z I think the MP called our lawyers shysters and unscrupulous. Joanna Lumley: 'I'm a happy person. But injustice I loathe' 2010-04-02T23:12:00Z And then the tape ends and we are back to where Saul started, as Jimmy McGill, a slip-and-fall shyster trying to walk back to more honorable pursuits by taking on public defender work. ‘Better Call Saul’ Stars Bob Odenkirk of ‘Breaking Bad’ 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z On the Lola album, it's moguls, shysters, accountants and lawyers who find themselves in the songwriters' cross hairs. Ray Davies: Words were my weapons 2012-11-27T10:17:58Z Then he adds: “At least I didn’t get a massage, like that shyster.” Perspective | Alan Dershowitz claims a fictional lawyer defamed him. The implications for novelists are very real. 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z Back to our politicians and the faith shysters they abet. They’re all just this deluded and deranged: Anti-intellectual religious wing-nuts run the GOP 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z Absurd as the Forgiveness 4 You campaign may be, Gabe is not a fraud or a shyster. ‘Forgiveness 4 You’ imagines a faster route to absolution 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z Like Gresham’s law, which holds that bad money drives out good, today’s bad shyster pollsters are driving out good pollsters for partisan and pecuniary reasons. Today’s pollsters cannot be trusted to deliver accurate, unbiased results 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z In his career as a New York real-estate shyster and tabloid denizen, then as the forty-fifth President of the United States, Trump has been the most transparent of public figures. Time's up: Trump has dodged prosecution his whole life, but Judgment Day is coming 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z An easier dispute system would make it unnecessary for consumers to seek help from shyster credit repair companies. Perspective | Why it’s so hard to fix errors on your credit report 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z "They are not scams, they're shysters," said Martin Lewis, founder of the website Money Saving Expert. Why can't Google get a grip on rip-off ads? 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z “These chiseling shysters should face not just disbarment but monetary sanctions, and maybe jail.” Column: Trump's election lawyers should be disbarred 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z “The shysters are falling out and we’ve learned a lot more about solar.” Solar power continues growth in Minnesota 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z Pandemics, shortages, shysters on the throne and fear that the sun won’t rise tomorrow are nothing new. Novelists pick books to inspire, uplift, and offer escape 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z “The noun pettifogger has two main senses: ‘A lawyer whose methods are petty, underhanded, or disreputable; shyster’ and ‘one given to quibbling over trifles.’ Iowa smiles upon Transhumanist candidate 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z “God no! Jesus no! People can be absolute shysters about it,” he said. ‘The joy is tainted’: Liverpool and Tottenham fans face high price for success 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z Steyn charged: “And it turns out he's not a heroic presidential speaking truth to power a guy, he's just a flimflam shyster who steals from his clients.” Mark Steyn: Avenatti a 'flimflam' lawyer who will be lucky to avoid prison time 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z Avenatti responded by calling Trump a “disgusting misogynist,” an “embarrassment to the United States” and a “complete shyster and liar.” With ‘Horseface,’ Trump initiates another personal attack on a female adversary 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z "You are a disgusting misogynist and an embarrassment to the United States. Bring everything you have, because we are going to demonstrate to the world what a complete shyster and liar you are." Donald Trump smears Stormy Daniels after federal judge dismisses adult film star’s defamation suit 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z But Avenatti, who is mulling a 2020 presidential run and is one of the president's most-vocal critics, swiftly fired back at the latest tweet, blasting Trump as a “shyster” and a “liar.” Trump rips 'Horseface' Stormy Daniels, says he'll 'go after' her and Avenatti 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z “Trump treated it like a real estate deal when he was a shyster in Atlantic City,” Bothwell said. Canada relieved trade deal done, won’t forget Trump attacks 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z "Trump treated it like a real estate deal when he was a shyster in Atlantic City," Bothwell said. Canada relieved trade deal done, won't forget Trump attacks 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z He can't expect to garner admiration by sharing a few tips on how to fabricate, shyster and sue your way to success. Populism Is Waning, Which Is Reason to Party in Davos 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z As Jeannette gets older, she starts to see her father for the shyster he is. “The Glass Castle” deals in the contradictions of human nature 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z For many voters, the “Trump factor”—i.e. the possibility of a thin-skinned narcissistic blowhard and shyster taking over the nuclear codes—looms larger than the “time for a change” factor. Can Donald Trump Learn from Mike Pence? 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z This is the ultimate ill of an old-world system that earns millions for everyone but the players: It left a 21-year-old vulnerable to a vengeful shyster operating in an underworld. NCAA created culture that drove Laremy Tunsil toward low-lifes 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Teapublican Americans want a con man, and whether they choose the shyster, the torquemada, or the overgrown adolescent matters not at all. In Republican Debate, a Feisty Marco Rubio Lays Into Donald Trump 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Two full centuries after Jefferson warned us, we've still got hooligans and shysters perpetrating fraud upon foolish voters too easily led around by the bridle and bit of their own ignorance, hatred, and fear. Behind Ted Cruz’s Campaign Manager, Scorched Earth and Election Victories 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z I’m not talking about shysters who sucker people or someone who made a fortune off a single smart trade. 10 Behaviors of Smart People 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Japanese war crimes victims agitated for compensation; Third World governments begged for overseas development aid; foreign shysters and conmen offered an exotic panoply of dud investments; impecunious American universities pressed for endowments. This Is No April Fool: Japan Is Beating The Pants Off The United States 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z The previous October, Clark’s partner, George Mills, was indicted for embezzlement in the classic style of north Alabama coal shysters. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Three Southern Villains 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z America loves a con man, and whether they choose the shyster, the torquemada, or the overgrown adolescent nincompoop matters not a whit as long as none of them are elected. In Republican Debate, a Feisty Marco Rubio Lays Into Donald Trump 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z "Blaming it on some shysters who acted in bad faith is really no excuse." The day her family wasn't there 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z Once upon a quite recent time Nigel Farage had seemed a bit of a joke, a shyster buffoon who would soon implode. The press created Nigel Farage. Now they don’t know what to do with him 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z There’s no magic tip or industry secret that leads to that million dollar Series A funding round, despite how many shysters charge you $250 for said industry ‘secrets’. How To Make Your First Million Dollars - Yo, Hailo And Others Explain 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z By phone recently, he said, "They looked at me as being some shyster faking my credentials," he said. Northwestern Law sued after expelling felon 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z When your soul is on the line, distinguishing between a marketing guru and a shyster with a pyramid involves much higher stakes. How to Distinguish Between a Honest Online Entrepreneur and a Hustler With a MacBook Air 2013-01-27T17:46:15Z On the Lola album it's moguls, shysters, accountants and lawyers who find themselves in the songwriters' crosshairs. Ray Davies: Words were my weapons 2012-11-27T03:28:10Z Historically, some of the best moments in debates come when candidates call each other a shyster, and then back it up. As the Debates Approach, Obama and Romney Pause to Praise Each Other 2012-10-01T17:35:35Z Calling the shysters by their proper names is satisfying – and it may be the only satisfaction the public will get. 'In corrupt systems, decent people have two options: conform or be crushed' 2012-06-30T20:00:06Z Indeed, there is an even closer fictional precedent: The Producers, where two shysters hatch a plot to get rich by overselling shares in a Broadway flop. Tax avoidance, and the secret of bad British film 2012-06-22T20:30:01Z Players are still real students who graduate at high rates; coaches are still real teachers as opposed to shysters; and the athletic scholarship is still meaningful, as opposed to a one-year inconvenience. Baylor?s Kim Mulkey dropped the ball on protecting game?s integrity 2012-04-13T17:22:31Z They realize fully that abuse of this principle figures largely in the maintenance of the shysters in their own school, and it is the very foundation of all new schools and healing fads. Quacks and Grafters 2012-02-23T03:00:40.650Z A lawyer, doing a thing of this character, is denominated a 518 shyster. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z One of the latest biographies of Lincoln credits him with many of the artifices of the "shyster." Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z They would be protesting Obama. whose 'economic rescue plan' rescued his cronies in Wall Street, and padded the pockets of green jobs shysters like Solyndra. Occupy Wall St.: A Two-Month Scorecard 2011-11-21T17:18:39Z The claim probably was fraudulent, but, if not, the woman unquestionably was poor and unfortunate: the very fact that she had taken the case to such a shyster as Hinse was proof of that. The Best Policy 2011-06-13T02:00:32.860Z His rival, perhaps from the same college, tells the people that typhoid must “run its course” and cannot be broken up, and that any man who claims the contrary is a liar and a shyster. Quacks and Grafters 2012-02-23T03:00:40.650Z On Tuesday I received a request for "immediate payment" of a demand note for $3,500.00, through some shyster lawyer in New York. Dawson Black: Retail Merchant 2011-06-04T02:00:16.620Z "What has that shyster lawyer to do with it?" added Sam. The Rover Boys on a Tour or Last Days at Brill College 2011-05-24T02:00:14.887Z On the shore there stood a shyster, Watching fat duck floating to him, And the wondrous big oyster, How fine it would be to stew them. Poems of James McIntyre 2011-05-11T02:00:21.477Z Somehow, the well-to-do people do not get into the hands of shysters. The Best Policy 2011-06-13T02:00:32.860Z The rubber worm is not digested, and a strong physic soon produces it, to the great relief of the “patient” and the greater glory and profit of the shyster. Quacks and Grafters 2012-02-23T03:00:40.650Z In February, Mr. Marchionne complained that Chrysler was forced to pay “shyster” interest rates on its government loans before later apologizing for using the term. Chrysler Says Government Loans Are Now Unnecessary 2011-04-28T21:01:14Z "Do you know he is a shyster lawyer?" The Rover Boys on a Tour or Last Days at Brill College 2011-05-24T02:00:14.887Z At first the newspapers played it more or less as a comic sketch in a minstrel show: a Yankee shyster outwits a drawling Southern aristocrat. Magazine Preview: How Slavery Really Ended in America 2011-04-01T17:48:58Z He was in no humor to be “bluffed” by a pompous shyster lawyer. The Best Policy 2011-06-13T02:00:32.860Z This is often brought about by the shyster M.D. overreaching himself by diagnosing some simple affection as something very dangerous, in order to have the greater credit in curing it. Quacks and Grafters 2012-02-23T03:00:40.650Z There are tyrants and shysters in all positions, and especially those dressed in subordinate authority. The Wound Dresser A Series of Letters Written from the Hospitals in Washington during the War of the Rebellion 2011-04-01T02:00:42.513Z It was a clever bit of sharp practice, worthy of a shyster lawyer. Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence 2011-04-01T02:00:41.017Z He created a storm in Washington last month, by loudly complaining at a conference that he had received "shyster loans" from the U.S. government when taking control of Chrysler. Special report: Can an Italian Elvis make Fiat-Chrysler dance? 2011-03-25T06:39:06Z In a remark that he later apologized for making, Marchionne called the bailout financing "shyster loans" that the company would need to shed. Exclusive: Chrysler refinancing talks advance, sources say 2011-03-04T08:12:56Z Did you ever know a shyster to pad his library with Congressional reports? Quacks and Grafters 2012-02-23T03:00:40.650Z Speaking at an industry conference in San Francisco, the chief executive used the expression "shyster loan", implying that he felt the interest rate demanded by Washington and Ottawa for rescuing Chrysler in 2009 was exhorbitant. Fiat chief defuses double gaffe 2011-02-07T10:33:31Z This wasn't an accidental outburst: he went on to repeat the word "shyster" twice more. F&C falls to a very American coup. Now what? 2011-02-06T00:06:59Z Marchionne used the term "shyster" at least three times when discussing the interest rates on the debt owed to the U.S. Chrysler must shed "shyster" bailout loans: CEO 2011-02-05T00:42:14Z "I want to pay back the shyster loans," Sergio Marchionne said at an industry conference, using a derogatory term for an unprincipled lawyer or politician. Chrysler must shed "shyster" bailout loans: CEO 2011-02-04T22:40:00Z In the hands of shysters “what crimes are committed in thy name!” Quacks and Grafters 2012-02-23T03:00:40.650Z Judges ain’t got much use for lawyers when the shyster kind get shown up in a graft game. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z A light of greed quickened in the shyster’s narrow eyes. The Law of Hemlock Mountain "I want to pay back the shyster loans," Sergio Marchionne said at an industry conference, using a derogatory term for an unethical lawyer or politician. Chrysler must shed "shyster" bailout loans: CEO 2011-02-05T00:42:14Z Marchionne used the term "shyster" at least three times when discussing the interest rates on debt owed to the U.S. Chrysler must shed "shyster" bailout loans: CEO 2011-02-04T22:40:00Z I shall now give some of the reasons why shysters find so many easy victims for their grafts. Quacks and Grafters 2012-02-23T03:00:40.650Z "Why," purred the shyster who defended him, "did you so govern your temper under serious provocation?" The Tempering His actuating wires had been pulled by the fingers of A. O. and G. and the men who sat as overlords of A. O. and G. were only shysters of a greater caliber. The Law of Hemlock Mountain Nor less shameful imposition they suffered at the hands of the "shysters" whenever some juvenile delinquent was arrested for trifles. The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them A teacher who might in any way be influenced by the necessity for securing a pupil or a fee should be avoided as one avoids the shyster lawyer. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists Who ever heard of a second-class lawyer, or even a police court shyster, claiming that that identification was not perfect? The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin He looked like what he was–a shyster lawyer. The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks The man who had seemed to come from nowhere and who had talked last night with such destructive volubility, had been a pure shyster. The Law of Hemlock Mountain “I’m not excited, Sir, but I propose to be treated with decent respect and not like a shyster, and since you insist——” “But I don’t insist——” interrupted Williams. The Case and Exceptions Stories of Counsel and Clients He is made the victim of the land grabber, the shyster lawyer, and the saloon keeper—powerful forces which he is unable to resist in his present condition. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 We have no time for lawing, and if we did, the shysters would get it all. The Song of the Wolf The San Francisco Boss may be what we elegantly term a shyster lawyer, but there never was as clever a one; and there's no trick he doesn't know. Ancestors A Novel With the public treasury full, and the detective, the juryman and the shyster existent only in a fossil state, the millennium will have been, as the phrase runs, discounted. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. The phrases quoted told their own tale; they were plainly from the shyster’s mint. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) The platform suffers an irreparable loss whenever it is used by debaters whom nature intended for “shyster” lawyers. The Art of Lecturing Revised Edition Why, you're a pretty fair shyster, yourself, Red," said Douglass humorously; "that idea didn't occur to me. The Song of the Wolf Holmes had brought with him from the city two lawyers, though Isaac Brack, the shyster, was not one of them. The Camp Fire Girls in the Mountains or Bessie King's Strange Adventure It would kill your case to have a shyster represent you.” Counsel for the Defense Long before I was awake the shyster had disappeared, leaving his bill unpaid. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) There were always lawyers in these subterranean affairs—“shyster” was a word she had heard applied to them—and this man looked the part. The Dust Flower Was it any stunt to get that dirty little shyster in some roadhouse last May?” The Dark Star It’s been done, though, by little, pettifogging shysters, by piking real-estate crooks—thousands of parcels of property scattered all over the United States have been filched in that manner. 'Firebrand' Trevison But, feeling perfectly secure, no doubt he thought an appearance of firmness would strengthen his position still more, and he was so rash as to denounce the attorney as a shyster and blackmailer. Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude If a man can possibly avoid it, let him never go to the hospital: for he will be called a "skulker," or a "shyster," that desires to escape the impending battle. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War If this man were not a shyster lawyer or a gold brick nut, he might possibly be doing that. The Dust Flower I'm neither a shark nor a shyster, Mr. Man. The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln He promises the legal shyster a round sum if he will arrange matters securely in his favor. A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections P. O. privileges is the right to lick stamps at the gen'ral post-office, and it's a gag them curb shysters has wore to a frazzle. Torchy The man who has done a dirty business trick—in reality a hundred miles from being a crime— engages the shyster to keep him out of jail. The Confessions of Artemas Quibble Why had she not gone to Farrell with the proposition—to a man whom she knew Fairchild trusted, instead of to a greasy, hand rubbing shyster? The Cross-Cut They're shysters—but it's after all only a practical demonstration of the ethics of the type—"Do everybody you can—if you can do 'em so there's no come-back." North of Fifty-Three Unfortunately, the lawyer he trusted was a shyster of the worst sort. Ralestone Luck The other was made out to a shyster lawyer and was for fifteen thousand. From the Bottom Up The Life Story of Alexander Irvine The next day he appeared, purple with rage, and for some unaccountable reason, instead of "commending" me, denounced me for a shyster. The Confessions of Artemas Quibble Just another Bay Street shyster with a cowboy jones. Craphound But what makes me sick," continued Ellis, disregarding this hint, "is to have people assume that newspaper men are a lot of semi-crooks and shysters. The Clarion "Oh, there'll be a charge made before then all right," said Thong easily, when the legal shyster had, with threatening finger under the detective's nose, made much of this point. The Diamond Cross Mystery Being a Somewhat Different Detective Story He was a typical specimen of that species of the profession called, in police court parlance, "shysters." Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sketches; To Which Is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State One negro kicked me in the shins and cursed me for being a shyster, and when I protested to the keeper he only laughed at me. The Confessions of Artemas Quibble The shyster lawyer who had done the Powers out of their inheritance had come from New Hampshire. The Brimming Cup There are quacks, shysters, and charlatans among doctors, lawyers, and clergy, but they are not representative of their professions nor indicative of their methods. Have faith in Massachusetts; 2d ed. A Collection of Speeches and Messages In his dreams, if he ever dreamed, it probably took the shape of the square shouldered District Attorney in the shadow of whose office building the little shyster practised his profession. True Stories of Crime From the District Attorney's Office Professional politicians, shyster lawyers, political gangsters, flocked to the spoil. The Forty-Niners A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado Married shysters, knowing that at least twenty groups stood between them and a job of work, attested in comparatively large numbers. All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand "I am not a shyster!" said the indignant Matthew, alluding, by that term, to the outlaws of his profession. Round the Block And preserved his social position at the same time, for though he was not at all scrupulous, he managed to keep on the respectable side of the line which divides the lawyer from the shyster. The Mystery of Metropolisville Immediately there sprang into being hordes of swindlers, who, aided by adroit shyster lawyers, invented all sorts of schemes which involved some sort of dishonesty upon the part of the person to be defrauded. True Stories of Crime From the District Attorney's Office "It's libelous per se to call a lawyer a shyster." By Advice of Counsel "But only for single shysters," said Bobby Little regretfully. All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand He had had a number of debts, but before he left they had all been paid—strange to say, by a notorious firm of shyster lawyers, Kerr & Kimmel. Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 He is as weak as water,—an ignorant, Godless shyster from the backwoods of Illinois. The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West His thoughts were evidently on his brother's domain, and the shysters and developers dwelling therein. The Tarn of Eternity A shyster," began Mr. Tutt, unsuccessfully applying a forced draft to his stogy and then throwing it away, "bears about the same relation to an honest lawyer as a cad does to a gentleman. By Advice of Counsel But the single shyster is a most subtle reptile. All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand It is possible that there are other shyster lawyers as mean, other bipedal coyotes as contemptible as those under consideration; but if so they have not yet been called to the attention of the ICONOCLAST. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 The wrath of Judge Martin Pike was august—there was a kind of sublimity in its immenseness—on a day when it befell that the shyster stood betwixt him and money. The Conquest of Canaan And even though I was only a boy, it really amused me, and I said to myself: I'll bet these shysters do this all the time to innocent people. The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes; his fortunes and misfortunes as told by himself Mr. Wilfred Edgerton suspected that a magistrate's court was a dirty sort of hole, full of brawling shyster lawyers, and he didn't want to know any more about such places than he could help. By Advice of Counsel He took two small rooms in a building tenanted by beginners and cheap shysters. The Grain of Dust It is from shyster lawyers without clients, quack doctors without patients and peanut politicians without pulls that the ranks of amateur journalism are constantly recruited. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 The Tocsin made what it could of this, and so dexterously that the wrath of Canaan was one farther jot increased against the shyster. The Conquest of Canaan The archetypal man you don't want to see about a problem, esp. an incompetent professional; a shyster. The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 I always had an idea he was a sort of shyster. By Advice of Counsel Oh, that's Bill Cartwright, one of the cheap, shyster lawyers always hanging around here looking for a job. The Under Dog I have positively refused to prosecute them; but the last assault was led by a shyster lawyer of middle-age, a so-called "judge," a member of the board of managers of Baylor. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 You say he's a shyster, but—" "Well," admitted Buckalew, with some reluctance, "I don't mean that exactly. The Conquest of Canaan Get a shyster; fight the devil with fire. With the Procession "A shyster," said Mr. Tutt, reading from the Century Dictionary, "is defined as 'one who does business trickily; a person without professional honor; used chiefly of lawyers.'" By Advice of Counsel That was one reform in which the companies believed, said "Big Jack," with sarcasm; they had put the "shyster lawyer" out of business! King Coal : a Novel He's a theological shyster lawyer who takes advantage of technicalities. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 It was Adna's business to beat the shyster lawyers to the granger and beat the granger to the last penny. We Can't Have Everything Has that shyster been cooking up any deviltry here? Plays With the words "The defense rests" every suggestion of the mountebank, the actor or the shyster had vanished. Tutt and Mr. Tutt More than likely he'll try to hire some shyster lawyer to fight for the treasure in the courts. The Rover Boys at College Or, The Right Road and the Wrong Impostor, pretender, charlatan, masquerader, mountebank, deceiver, humbug, cheat, quack, shyster, empiric. The Century Vocabulary Builder "You mean to tell me, Mrs. Kaufman, that just because a little shyster doctor—" Her hand closed over the long envelope again, crunching it. Gaslight Sonatas I knew him at once for a shyster. A Fool and His Money Half the goods he bought was turned down simply because the agent in his town for the commercial agency was a shyster lawyer who had it in for him. Tales of the Road Mr. Rover wrote that he felt certain the shyster lawyer Sobber had on the case was going to present a great mass of "evidence," no doubt manufactured for the occasion. The Rover Boys at College Or, The Right Road and the Wrong There are shyster lawyers here who would not hesitate to advise him wrongly. The Desired Woman If you'd been in this business as long as I have, and seen all the different kinds of shysters that are trying to plunder the railroads, you'd not fret about justice. The Moneychangers These are the shyster lawyers and their runners and agents who prey upon the men and women whom misfortune or crime have delivered into the hands of the law. The Ear in the Wall Red tape, a dead language, and a horde of shysters! The Spoilers If this Martin Snodd is a shyster he may have all sorts of evidence cooked up against our friends. The Rover Boys at College Or, The Right Road and the Wrong He had had a number of debts, but before he left they had all been paid— strange to say, by a notorious firm of shyster lawyers, Kerr & Kimmel. The Poisoned Pen "She's not to blame because her mother drinks, and her father's a shyster," said Ruth earnestly and strongly. The Twins of Table Mountain He had a large force of incipient shysters for that purpose. The Ear in the Wall Mrs. Carringford had had no easy time of it with the shyster lawyer and the others who were making trouble for her over her property. Janice Day the Young Homemaker "A blank shyster, who had swindled the widows and orphans in Arkansas and escaped from jail." Trent's Trust, and Other Stories It come out afterwards that Parker was a young chap just from law school, who had gone to work for the firm of shysters who was attendin' to the Gordon interests. The Depot Master In his dreams, if he ever dreamed, it probably took the shape of the square-shouldered District Attorney in the shadow of whose office building the little shyster practiced his profession. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: Real life There had been no charge of collusion between the suspects; but Perlmer, a shyster lawyer, had acted for them all collectively, and, one and all, they had been discharged. The White Moll Things aren't done in just that way— not even by shyster lawyers. Janice Day the Young Homemaker Might be a shyster lawyer, or something of the kind. Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive, or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails It was amazing, without parallel in the history of crime—and yet ingenious, clever, full of the craft and cunning that had built up the shyster lawyer's reputation below the dead line. The Adventures of Jimmie Dale Looked like he had ye pinched when that shyster got ye in to Lyons Falls. Rolf in the Woods Your manner, sir, and your methods, remind me of a shyster. The Night-Born The phrases quoted told their own tale; they were plainly from the shyster's mint. The Wrecker Long before I was awake, the shyster had disappeared, leaving his bill unpaid. The Wrecker |
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