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for hired gun
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
hired gun
n 1: a professional killer who uses a gun [syn: gunman,
gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire,
triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooter]
From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) :
hired gun
n.
A contract programmer, as opposed to a full-time staff member. All the
connotations of this term suggested by innumerable spaghetti Westerns are
intentional.
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