lawyering

English

Noun

lawyering (countable and uncountable, plural lawyerings)

  1. The practicing of law as a profession; being a lawyer.
    • 1888, Daniel O'Connell, William John Fitz-Patrick, Correspondence of Daniel O'Connell, the Liberator, page 224:
      In that country it is that a hireling scribe (a chance child of fortune and of war), urged on by his paltry lawyerings, put his vile name to this paltry proclamation, putting down freemen.

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Verb

lawyering

  1. present participle and gerund of lawyer

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