spear catcher
noun1
A person who is responsible for dealing with aggression or demands directed at another party.
- 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?1992, Lenard Marlow, Divorce and the Myth of Lawyers, page 78:
- 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.2013, Laszlo Birinyi, The Master Trader, + Website, page 289: