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barrack-room lawyer

noun

  1. a person who freely offers opinions, esp in legal matters, that he or she is unqualified to give
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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It might have helped had he possessed a natural leader in the manner of Newastle's their former captain Nolan but the midfielder was offloaded two summers ago when the St James' Park hierarchy decided against offering a lucrative new contract to a man sometimes perceived as a barrack-room lawyer.

At Aldershot one of his most popular pieces as an entertainer is that in which he impersonates the barrack-room lawyer.

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