| 单词 | borough-jobber |
| 释义 | > as lemmasborough-jobber borough-jobber n. = boroughmonger n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe > one who bribes > type of borough-jobber1733 boroughmonger1809 society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [noun] > constituency > trading in seats > one who borough-jobber1733 jobber1762 seat-seller1821 1733 Revol. Politicks iv. 8 What pity, say some, the Art of Borough-Jobbers had not been found out then, to compleat the King's Scheme. 1758 S. Johnson Idler 27 May 57 Capt. Grim, who never owed any of his advancement to Borough-jobbers, or any other Corrupters of the People. a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George II (1847) II. xi. 373 He would be no borough-jobber. < as lemmas |
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