legal eagle
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of legal eagle
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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Goodell has added another female legal eagle to the team — former Obama Attorney General Loretta Lynch — to represent the NFL in the discrimination lawsuit filed by former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores.
From Washington Times • Feb. 22, 2022
Grisham has even written a YA legal series featuring a 13-year-old amateur legal eagle named “Theodore Boone.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 21, 2019
Almost no one could be Joan Collins douching with diamonds, but you could see yourself as Grace Van Owen’s forever-lunching legal eagle.
From The Guardian • Dec. 17, 2018
"I'm going to save Mohamed Fayed," says the idealistic defender, who is entirely unconvincing as a driven legal eagle but who always manages to have really good hair.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2018
But Belle and I have got to have another conference with the legal eagle.
From The Galaxy Primes by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)
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