n.
1.someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)
2.a chemical compound that sets or fixes something (as a dye or a photographic image)
3.a skilled worker whose job is to repair things
4.synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming
Idiom of the Day
one's stamping grounds
a place where a person spends much of his or her time
My cousin went back to his old stamping grounds which he remembered as a teenager.
