spookmaster
nounEtymology From spook + master.
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Slang A spymaster.
- […] the jocular antics of a Hollywood-trained Ronald Reagan during photo ops were let down by the duller visuals provided by a former CIA spookmaster.1990, Carol Squiers, The Critical Image:
- The original series, which premiered in 1934 and didn't switch the lights back on until 1939, was the brainchild of a near-forgotten spookmaster […]2000, Gerald Nachman, Raised on Radio:
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- Jack glances at you sidelong while the middle-aged spookmaster is fumbling to articulate whatever it is he's got stuck in his mind.2007, Charles Stross, Halting State: