briefless
Americanadjective
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having no brief.
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having no clients, as a lawyer.
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After a brief and briefless stab at the law in Manhattan, his Transcript record got him a job with Edward Bok for a spirited, 18-month campaign against quack patent medicines in the Ladies' Home Journal.
From Time Magazine Archive
It turned by chance on a certain barrister of Sydney's inn, a Mr. Barrington Baynes, whom one of the party not incorrectly described as "that beautiful, bumptious, and briefless barrister, B. B."
From Name and Fame A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline
He was, as has been said, although a clever, yet certainly at present a briefless young barrister.
From How It All Came Round by Meade, L. T.
In London you certainly were a briefless barrister.
From The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell by Campbell, Theophila Carlile
Bacon continues a "briefless barrister," with much time at his disposal.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
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