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Webster 1913 Edition


Spoilsman

Spoils′man

(spoilz′man)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Spoilsmen
(spoilz′men)
.
One who serves a cause or a party for a share of the spoils; in United States politics, one who makes or recognizes a demand for public office on the ground of partisan service; also, one who sanctions such a policy in appointments to the public service.