spoilsman
Americannoun
plural
spoilsmen-
a person who seeks or receives a share in political spoils.
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an advocate of the spoils system in politics.
noun
Etymology
Origin of spoilsman
1835–45, spoils ( def. ) + -man
Example Sentences
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“The Spoilsman,” “Policeman Flynn,” etc.
From Project Gutenberg
Mon Dieu! it is infamous: a common spoilsman—a swindler—even worse, I have heard; and to think how my character suffers!
From Project Gutenberg
I had not seen the person who made inquiry for the letter—the files of men in front preventing me—but judging by the time at which the spoilsman passed out at the exit end of the slip, he must have been near the delivery-window when the inquiry was made.
From Project Gutenberg
Up to the rostrum went a brief resolution from Tennessee's Kenneth McKellar, the premier spoilsman of the Senate.
From Time Magazine Archive
The crusty old spoilsman swept aside the Narcotics Bureau report, quavering, "Papers, just papers."
From Time Magazine Archive
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