spear catcher

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spear catcher (plural spear catchers)

  1. A person who is responsible for dealing with aggression or demands directed at another party.
    • 1992, Lenard Marlow, Divorce and the Myth of Lawyers, page 78:
      What she should have asked this attorney was just how good a spear catcher he was. After all, what does she think that Bill's attorney will be doing while her own attorney is taking aim at him?
    • 2013, Laszlo Birinyi, The Master Trader, + Website, page 289:
      Furthermore, it was his show, his stage, and I was comfortable in the role that one panelist described to me: Never forget, your job is to be a spear catcher.