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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
fixer
noun
1: someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee) [syn: {influence peddler}]
2: a chemical compound that sets or fixes something (as a dye or a photographic image) [syn: {fixing agent}]
3: a skilled worker whose job is to repair things [syn: {repairman}, {repairer}, {maintenance man}, {service man}]
4: synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction [syn: {methadone}, {methadone hydrochloride}, {methadon}, {dolophine hydrochloride}, {synthetic heroin}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "fixer": cobbler, developer, doctor, five-percenter, fixing bath, four-percenter, hypo, influence peddler, little Miss Fixit, logroller, maintenance man, mechanic, mechanician, mender, power broker, processing solution, renovator, repairer, repairman, restorer, serviceman, short-stop, short-stop bath, sodium hyposulfite, sodium thiosulfate, soup, stop bath, tinker, trouble man, troubleshooter, wire-puller
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