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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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
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
But Governor Dewey got the men he wanted, and the spoilsmen in his party got the idea.
From Time Magazine Archive
The spoilsmen were in strength, but they were prudently slow in persuading themselves that the Greeks were unarmed, and incapable of defending the Church.
From The Prince of India — Volume 02 by Lewis Wallace
