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Brewer's: Utter and Inner Barristers
An utter or outer barrister means (in some cases at least) a full-fledged barrister, one licensed to practise. An inner barrister means a student. (See Nineteenth Century, No. 1892, p. 775, note.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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