Tombs lawyers

A class of men in New York, resembling the “Old Bailey practitioners,” but, if possible, more unscrupulous.

1854.  [This bill] will benefit only that class who are denominated in the city of New York “Tombs lawyers.”—Mr. Root of Ohio, House of Repr., June 24: Cong. Globe, p. 1270. [See also SHYSTER and STEERER.]