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legman

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈlɛɡˌmæn/Sorted aeglmnStarts with LEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A reporter or assistant who gathers information or runs errands.

Word origin

From leg + -man, modelled after legwork, in reference to the walking such a person does.

Used in a sentence

  • [W]ell, anyway, he sent a chap who acts as his confidential ‘leg-man’ and ‘Man Friday’.
  • Guillam was boss and legman, and twice a day he dropped the tapes on the Berne residency, using a parked car as a letter-box.
  • Once in Hollywood he [Andrew J. Fenady] became a legman for Paul Coates, which led to writing and producing Coates' controversial television series, Confidential File, winner of three Emmy awards.

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