barrack-room lawyer

English

Alternative forms

• barracks room lawyer

Noun

barrack-room lawyer (plural barrack-room lawyers)

1. (military slang) A know-it-all.
   • 2012 May 4, Shelley Birse, “Blood and Circuses” (34:38 from the start), in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, season 1, episode 11:

     "Dot" Williams: If you were any kind of senior officer, you wouldn't have sent such an inexperienced young policeman out on such a dangerous job.
     Senior Sergeant Grossmith: Hooked yourself a regular barracks room lawyer, I see.

Synonyms

• barracks lawyer