достава́ла

rare #53774nounmasculine & feminineanimateuncountablefake feminine

1.
fixer, procurer, wheeler-dealercolloquial
Он у нас настоя́щий достава́ла — любы́е биле́ты найдёт.
He is a real fixer - he can get hold of any tickets.
Typically of someone who can lay hands on scarce goods, esp. in Soviet times. Feminine forms are the same word (доставала, common gender).

Examples

Она была настоящей доставалой в нашей компании.
She was a real fixer in our company.
Без хорошего доставалы мы бы ничего не купили.
Without a good fixer, we wouldn’t have been able to buy anything.
Мой сосед известный доставала, он всё найдёт.
My neighbor is a famous fixer—he can find anything.