See Also: Shyster(money)
shyster(dictionary)
shyster(dictionary)

shyster (iou)



shyster noun & adjective. colloq. M19.
[Origin uncertain: perh. rel. to German Scheisser worthless person, from Scheisse excrement. Cf. SHICER.]
A. noun.
A person, orig. and esp. a lawyer, who uses unprofessional or unscrupulous methods in business. Chiefly N. Amer. M19.
Douglas Stuart The let-down of finding..Charlie..was just a trickster, a shyster.
= SHICER. Austral. M20.
b. adjective.
Practising, characterized by, or involving unprofessional or unscrupulous business methods, esp. in law. Chiefly N. Amer. M19.
J. Wainwright The bastards are guilty and, all..shyster evidence to the contrary, they stay guilty. Literary Review A shyster lawyer, defending drug dealers and taking payment in cocaine.
Of a mine: unproductive. Austral. E20.
shystering noun & adjective (chiefly N. Amer.) (practising or characteristic of) unprofessional or unscrupulous business methods, esp. in law M19.
shysterism noun (chiefly N. Amer.) unprofessional or unscrupulous business methods, esp. in law E20.