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This bribery took the form of giving them sinecurist offices under either Democratic or Republican local, State or National administrations.

From Great Fortunes from Railroads by Myers, Gustavus

He would then heartily wish himself out of Parliament: the sorrows of a sinecurist might well be the title of some of the letters written from Matson.

From George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life by Roscoe, E. S.

"I doubt the easy-tempered sinecurist who trusts the business of the State to the nation's representatives will wear longer than your officious tyrant, who wants to hold all the strings in his own fingers."

From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

It would be absurd to censure him because he was a sinecurist; he was acting according to the customs of the time.

From George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life by Roscoe, E. S.

No sinecurist, with his pension recently reduced, could have been more vehement on the subject of the sanctity of vested rights.

From Rattlin the Reefer by Marryat, Frederick