legal beagle
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It would be unjust to call Leslie Fiedler the ambulance chaser of U.S. letters, but he is something of a legal beagle.
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I always assumed it was of British origin because one of the stock "sets" was "King's Counsel," which is, of course, "regal, legal beagle."
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He was not a brilliant courtroom orator, nor a subtle legal beagle.
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DeSisto, the new prosecutor, is an earnest but inexperienced 29-year-old legal beagle who already seems frustrated.
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