spoilsman
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editspoilsman (plural spoilsmen)
- (US) A politician who serves only for a share of the spoils.
- 1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry for Freedom, Oxford, published 2003, page 217:
- Cameron's notoriety as a spoilsman who had been in turn a Democrat, a Know-Nothing, and had flirted with Whiggery, militated against his candidacy among delegates concerned that the party should appear to be as pure as Caesar's wife.