bush lawyer

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Noun

bush lawyer (plural bush lawyers)

  1. Any of the species of climbing blackberry plants in subgenus Rubus subg. Micranthobatus, found in New Zealand.
  2. (Australia, New Zealand) One who is not qualified in law yet attempts to expound on legal matters.
  3. (New Zealand, historical) A mining agent.