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flack-catcher

flack-catcher is the alternative form of flak catcher.

Meaning of flak catcher

Noun

flak catcher (plural flak catchers)

  1. A person whose job is to conduct public relations by shielding a more prominent person by intercepting and deflecting complaints and criticism.
    • As the mau-mauing brigade heads downtown to the welfare office, they run into the chief flak catcher.1995, William McKeen, Tom Wolfe, page 78

Forms of flack-catcher

pluralflack-catchers

Questions about flack-catcher

What is flack-catcher the alternative form of?
Flack-catcher is the alternative form of flak catcher.

Words near flack-catcher in the dictionary

  1. Flacianists
  2. Flacians
  3. flack
  4. flack catcher
  5. flack catchers
  6. flack-catcher
  7. flack-catchers
  8. flacked
  9. flacker
  10. flackered
  11. flackeries

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