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hired gun

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hired gun

▶noun N. Amer. informal

1 a hired bodyguard, mercenary, or assassin.

2 an expert brought in to resolve legal or financial problems or to lobby for a cause.

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