Definitions
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- noun informal, humorous, derogatory A supposed game consisting of
pedantic legal wrangling .
Etymologies
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lawyer + ball, after the names of sports such as football and basketball.
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Examples
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I'm not sure why, but if he's got something on his chest, he got it off between that and the 'lawyerball' stuff.
SFGate: Top News Stories Chronicle sslusser@sfchronicle.com (Susan Slusser 2011
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