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  • Judging from these comments in the Barrister's Fishwrap "Daily Journal", Election Night May 19 is a day that, "Barrio Pimp, Jose Huizar", would want to jettison from his memory.

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  • Anyone who has heard this man sounding off in the relative privacy of a Barrister's Robing Room will find this little love-fest hard to take.

    Bob Marshall-Andrews to Retire 2007

  • Artists participating in a group show being held at the Big Easy's charmingly bizarre Barrister's Gallery through March 27 are getting a little taste of what their lives might be like after they are dead.

    Immortality Through Google 2005

  • Mentioned to FIBBINS that I had just been "called," and was "thinking of reading in a Barrister's chambers;" and he seemed to take the most friendly and generous interest in me at once -- asked me, indeed, to call on him any day I liked at his chambers in Waste Paper Buildings, which I thought extremely kind, as I was a complete stranger.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 26, 1891 Various

  • Lieutenant of the Tower; then the Utter Barrister's table; and lastly the Clerk's table; all which time the musick must stand right above the harth side, with the noise of their musick; their faces direct towards the highest table; and that done, to return into the buttry, with their music sounding.

    Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries William Francis Dawson

  • And at the upper end of the Utter Barrister's table, the Marshal sitteth, when he hath served in the first mess; the Clark of the Kitchen also, and the Clark of the Sowce-tub, when they have done their offices in the kitchen, sit down.

    Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries William Francis Dawson

  • It was Applerod who, returning triumphantly with Barrister's promise of the precious block of New Brightlight for delivery in the afternoon, brought Bobby a copy of his own paper containing so much startling news that the front page consisted only of a hysteria of head-lines.

    The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man George Randolph Chester 1896

  • This is very pleasant, and none the less so because the reminiscences come slowly, gathering strength as they advance, like the Chancery Barrister's laugh, which begins like the pattering of rain on leaves, and ends in the roar of a thunderstorm.

    Faces and Places 1884

  • Out of the sun it was bitterly cold, and we were glad to light a fire, which crackled and roared up the broad chimney and made a pretty accompaniment to the Chancery Barrister's song about the Jolly Young Waterman.

    Faces and Places 1884

  • That was a good idea, and proved triumphantly successful; for, on arrival at Montreux, the Chancery Barrister's portmanteau turned up all right, the key innocently reposing on the handle, and, as subsequent investigation showed, the contents untouched.

    Faces and Places 1884

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