after-dinner speaker
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Johnson, a serial blusterer who relishes the role of entertaining after-dinner speaker, won the heart of his party and the country with such lines.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 20, 2022
The latest is a delightful romp through the game's history called Golf's Life Lessons by Richard Allen, former captain of Royal Melbourne and very sharp after-dinner speaker.
From Golf Digest ● Jul. 12, 2019
While Marine Le Pen gives thunderous speeches at vast rallies, he is more of a motivational after-dinner speaker, galvanising the leafletters and canvassers.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 31, 2017
On tour, he might deliver as many as 14 speeches a day, starting on a factory floor and finishing as the after-dinner speaker for a local chamber of commerce or Rotary Club branch.
From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2016
He lives in Hampden town, and has published a book of photographs of the college through the years, which has made him much sought-after as an after-dinner speaker at the various clubs in town.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
