spoilsman
/spoilz-muhn/US // ˈspɔɪlz mən //UK // (ˈspɔɪlzmən) //
溺爱者,宠儿,破坏者,宠辱不惊
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural spoils·men.
- : a person who seeks or receives a share in political spoils.
- : an advocate of the spoils system in politics.
Examples
But he was certain to be a partisan, a spoilsman, a tool of Tammany Hall and its corrupt boss.
To this celebrated and execrable defense Van Buren owes much of the later and unjust belief that he was an inveterate "spoilsman."
The debate upon this appointment gave the spoilsman an epigram.
Even Blaine, whom he so cordially honored, he thought a spoilsman at times, not always a statesman.
The people, as Barnum has said, love to be humbugged, and are quite ready to pay tribute to the political boss and spoilsman.
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