flesh-presser

A politician, particularly one running for office and apt to meet, talk to, and shake hands with (i.e., "press the flesh of") many different people. There's no way you'll win the election if you aren't a flesh-presser with your constituents. I'm too much of an introvert to run for office. I can't stomach the thought of being a flesh-presser. I'm not surprised Mike's become a flesh-presser—he's always been gregarious and committed to improving our community.

palm presser

1. slang A politician, especially one who makes a show of having a favorable public appearance (as by shaking hands). Sometimes hyphenated. The palm pressers that run our country care more about prolonging their careers than actually pushing through meaningful legislation.

2. slang Any person who makes a point of greeting, meeting, or socializing with a lot of people, especially because of some agenda or ulterior motive. Sometimes hyphenated. The conference was full of eager palm pressers trying to give you a sales pitch and foist their business cards into your hand.

flesh-presser

and palm-presser

n. a politician. Being a flesh-presser is risky during flu season. A palm-presser came to our door to ask us what we thought about his issues.

palm-presser

verb

See flesh-presser

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References in periodicals archive

She further said after this presser my life is also in danger.

Maryam demands Nawaz Sharif's acquittal after 'video evidence'

The Virtual Presser is an interactive online video platform where journalists based abroad can ask top government officials of the Duterte administration questions on the nation's pressing issues relevant to global conversation.

PCOO to launch 'Virtual Presser' to engage foreign media, audiences

Chatri Sityodtong, the promotion's founder, chairman and CEO, said dos Anjos showed up at the presser to show his support as a 'good friend' of him for a long time now.

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The press conference of the Gladiators skipper was scheduled as part of pressers held by captains of the franchises of the Pakistan Super League (PSL).

Sarfaraz Ahmed not allowed to address press conference in Karachi

Broner, the 29-year-old challenger to Manny Pacquiao's WBA welterweight title, walked on the stage of the David Copperfield Theatre inside the MGM Grand with his trademark swagger to take part in the final presser for Saturday's big fight (Sunday Manila time).

Broner spices up final presser with trash talk

People know the truth about the departure of the US diplomat involved in a road accident and people also know that the prime minister was 'lying in his presser' held immediately after the Natonal Security Council meeting.

NSC meeting

Kabatesi hit at the media claiming they are doing a disservice and confusing Kenyans by mislabeling a presser called by ODM MPs a NASA presser while belittling a presser of the actual NASA MPs as an ANC/FK presser.

Raila is not Nasa leader, ODM position vacant - Mudavadi's party

This book on law professors, Stephen Presser writes in the Preface, is a "love letter to the teaching of law" (p.

STEPHEN PRESSER'S LOVE LETTER TO THE LAW, IN FIVE PARTS

In what he calls a love letter to the teaching of law, Presser presents biographies of American (and two English) law professors in order to illuminate what holds American society together and to further the understanding of shared American values in an age when those values are more at risk than at any time for the last 60 years.

Law Professors: Three Centuries of Shaping American Law

On the title page of the first issue of the new journal was the first half of a Latin phrase from Horace, "Omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile dulci," translated by Presser as "He who mingles the useful with the agreeable carries off the prize." For the sake of brevity he omitted the second half of the aphorism, which makes the point specifically lirerary: "...lectorem delectando pariterque monendo" [by delighting and instructing the reader at the same time].

Theodore Presser: before The Etude Part III

Hungarian composer Babor Presser claims the rapper "knowingly and intentionally misappropriated" his 1969 composition Gyongyhaju lany.

Kanye 'sued for [euro]2.2m on song sample'

SO a university has decided, without holding a presser, that about a dozen words and phrases are problematic and should be banned from everyday use - and there are no plans to walk it back even if the announcement breaks the internet.

Problematic words that stakeholders want banned