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spoilsman

[spoilz-muhn]

noun, plural spoils·men.

a person who seeks or receives a share in political spoils.

an advocate of the spoils system in politics.

Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; spoils + -man

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spoilsman (ˈspɔɪlzmən)

—n , pl -men
	(US) politics a person who shares in the spoils of office or advocates the spoils system

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