spoilsman
noun
a person who seeks or receives a share in political spoils.
spoilsmen
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pluralof spoilsman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Out of the fight he carried an abiding hatred of political spoilsmen, an abiding conviction that lasting reform can be achieved only when the electorate has been taught to understand and want it.
From Time Magazine Archive
The spoilsmen got busy at killing the bill.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its leaders were party bosses and spoilsmen; in the burgeoning economy of the Reconstruction Era, many a robber baron found that a state legislature could be bought and, with it, a Senate seat.
From Time Magazine Archive
He fired 3,000 Davey employes, cut the state payroll by $3,000,000, smashed the "legal rackets" that Davey's spoilsmen had enjoyed.
From Time Magazine Archive
When he withstood Democratic clamor for office, the Independents applauded, and the spoilsmen in his own party accused him of treason.
From The United States Since the Civil War by Charles Ramsdell Lingley
