subs. phr. (old).—A lawyer (B. E. and GROSE): also BLACK-BAG (q.v.).
1897. BARRÈRE and LELAND, A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant, I., 118. ‘On the Trail.’ My blowen kidded a bloke into a panel crib and shook him off his thimble to put up for a BLACK-BOX, but it wouldn’t fadge. I took two stretches of air and exercise.
