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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fixer
       n 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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