hired gun
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nounDefinition of HIRED GUN
: an expert hired to do a specific and often ethically dubious job
See Examples of HIRED GUN
- business executives and the hired guns they pay to polish their images
First Known Use of HIRED GUN
1971
Rhymes with HIRED GUN
air gun, big gun, blowgun, Bull Run, burp gun, chaconne, Chaplin, dry run, earned run, end run, finespun, first-run, flashgun, forerun, godson, grandson, handgun, hard-won, have done, home run, homespun, inrun, long run, milk run, outgun, outrun, popgun, pressrun, rerun, sea-run, short run, shotgun, six-gun, speargun, spray gun, squirt gun, stepson, stun gun, top gun, trial run, undone, V-1, well-done, Xiamen, zip gun
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