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ˈspoilsman U.S.
[f. spoil n. 1 e.]
One who obtains, or seeks to obtain, a share of political spoils.
1850in T. H. Benton Thirty Years (1856) II. 784 The spoils⁓man that would sell his country for a mess of pottage. 1860Motley Netherl. (1868) I. 38 The spoilsmen, whose purpose was to rob the exchequer and enrich themselves. 1888Bryce Amer. Commw. iii. lxv. II. 487 The extension of examinations will tend more and more to exclude mere spoilsmen from the public service. |