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clubhouse lawyer

NOUN
adviser/advisor
Synonyms
WEAK
Dutch uncle aide attorney authority backseat driver buttinsky coach confidant consultant counsel counselor director doctor expert friend guide helper instructor judge kibitzer lawyer mentor monitor partner priest quarterback referee righthand person second-guesser teacher tutor
NOUN
advisor
Synonyms
STRONGEST
adviser aide confidant consultant counselor director doctor expert instructor lawyer mentor tutor
STRONG
attorney authority coach counsel friend guide helper judge monitor partner priest quarterback referee teacher tipster tout
WEAK
Dutch uncle backseat driver buttinsky kibitzer righthand man second-guesser
Antonyms
STRONGEST
pupil student
STRONG
enemy foe

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Cooper Kupp is a team guy and decidedly not a clubhouse lawyer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2023

‘He was very smart. He knew the game. I used to call him the clubhouse lawyer - I mean that in a good way,” Oberkfell said.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 18, 2019

The clubhouse lawyer had gone beyond his instructions.

From Time Magazine Archive

From everything they had heard, I was temperamental, bad for a team, a troublemaker, a clubhouse lawyer.

From Time Magazine Archive

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