Talk:sea lawyer
Definition as shark[edit]
None of my dictionaries hold this definition. Please provide attribution for this. My Webster's unabridge and OED only list the 19th century definition as a "sailor who openly questions rules" (1805). -- Davidbspalding (talk) 15:38, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
- Never mind, found it in Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang. -- Davidbspalding (talk) 15:45, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
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The shark (fish) sense is mentioned in e.g. Calwell 1986 Sea Lawyer: A Practical Guide for Yachtsmen ("The cunning of the shark has earned it the nickname of 'sea lawyer'"), Garner 2011 Garner's Dictionary of Legal Usage ("Originally, in the early 19th century, sea lawyer was a name given to the tiger shark"), Smeal 1850 The British Friend ("the dolphins, in their turn, are pursued by the great shark, called, from its known discernment and cunning, the "sea lawyer.""). I can find no actual usage. Equinox ◑ 15:49, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
- I can. It is cited Kiwima (talk) 23:58, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
- Unless there are more citations of the spaced form, it seems like this sense should be moved to sea-lawyer (and the two entries should link to each other). - -sche (discuss) 00:50, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
- I agree. Kiwima (talk) 00:54, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
- OK, I have added sufficient cites without a hyphen to this entry, and created sea-lawyer as an alternative form, moving the hyphenated cites there. Kiwima (talk) 01:12, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
- I agree. Kiwima (talk) 00:54, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
- Good job, Kiwima! ::High-fives:: Khemehekis (talk) 03:15, 15 March 2018 (UTC) 03:14, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
- Yes, good work! :) Sorry if my comment sounded like criticism. - -sche (discuss) 03:57, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
- Don't worry, it didn't. It was a valid suggestion. I am sorry about my fit of pique the other day. You don't need to walk on eggshells around me. Kiwima (talk) 05:00, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
- Yes, good work! :) Sorry if my comment sounded like criticism. - -sche (discuss) 03:57, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
- Unless there are more citations of the spaced form, it seems like this sense should be moved to sea-lawyer (and the two entries should link to each other). - -sche (discuss) 00:50, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 21:11, 22 March 2018 (UTC)