leg-man

Half of them thought Shapiro could have found a better leg-man than a string-thin Irishman with an attitude problem, and the other half wondered how a restless spirit like Donovan could harness himself to a thirty-year man who'd already gone as far as he was going and whose primary interest these days must be his pension.

A Taste for Burning Bannister, Jo 1995

Do you have a leg-man who can check who imported it, and where it was sold over here? '

Blood Sports Francis, Dick 1967

Bigger bits for two years also wasted in trying his hand at professional gambling; and the six final pieces that spelled his rise from a special reporter helping out with a police shake-up coverage, through a regular leg-man turning up rackets, and on up like a meteor until ....

Police Your Planet Lester Del Rey 1954

Star reporter, leg-man, cub, veteran gray in the trade -- one and all they tried to pin the Bat like a caught butterfly to the front page of their respective journals -- soon or late each gave up, beaten.

The Bat Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917

The judge refused to send Babcock, whom he called Hammer's "leg-man," to jail after another judge let Hammer go with only probation and a fine.

unknown title 2009