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In the Italian historical novel I promessi sposi ("The Betrothed"), l'Azzeccagarbugli (Quibbleweaver in the English translation) is the a well-known lawyer in Lecco.
The term is in use as a synonym for an incompetent or dishonest lawyer.
August 29, 2009