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.

Verb

lawyering

1. present participle and gerund of lawyer

Anagrams

• wearingly