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Fixer

noun

Someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee). Synonym: influence peddler.

A chemical compound that sets or fixes something (as a dye or a photographic image). Synonym: fixing agent.

A skilled worker who mends or repairs things. Synonyms: mender, repairer.

Synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction. Synonyms: dolophine hydrochloride, methadon, methadone, methadone hydrochloride, synthetic heroin.

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"Fixer" Quotes from Famous Books

... l'annee, et dont l'odeur suave penetre jusqu'a l'ame, et inspire la volupte la plus seduisante. Il n'est point de voyageur qui en se promenant dans les campagnes de Malacca, ne se sente invite a fixer son sejour dans un lieu si plein d'agremens, dont la nature seule a fait tous les frais. Voyages d'un Philosophe ...

— The History of Sumatra - Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And - Manners Of The Native Inhabitants • William Marsden

Words linked to "Fixer" : influential person, fix, darner, compound, narcotic, fixative, hypo, sodium thiosulphate, sodium thiosulfate, skilled workman, skilled worker, chemical compound, methadon, important person, maintenance man, repairman, fixer-upper, service man, trained worker, personage