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Spoilsman
Spoilsman Spoils"man, n.; pl. Spoilsmen. 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.
Spoilsmen
Spoilsman Spoils"man, n.; pl. Spoilsmen. 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.
Spoilsmonger
Spoilsmonger Spoils"mon`ger, n. One who promises or distributes public offices and their emoluments as the price of services to a party or its leaders.
The spoils system
Spoil Spoil, n. [Cf. OF. espoille, L. spolium.] 1. That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty. Gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils. --Milton. 2. Public offices and their emoluments regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage; -- commonly in the plural; as to the victor belong the spoils. From a principle of gratitude I adhered to the coalition; my vote was counted in the day of battle, but I was overlooked in the division of the spoil. --Gibbon. 3. That which is gained by strength or effort. each science and each art his spoil. --Bentley. 4. The act or practice of plundering; robbery; aste. The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treason, stratagems, and spoil. --Shak. 5. Corruption; cause of corruption. [Archaic] Villainous company hath been the spoil of me. --Shak. 6. The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal. [Obs.] --Bacon. Spoil bank, a bank formed by the earth taken from an excavation, as of a canal. The spoils system, the theory or practice of regarding public and their emoluments as so much plunder to be distributed among their active partisans by those who are chosen to responsible offices of administration.

Meaning of Poils from wikipedia

- Poil (French pronunciation: [pwal] ) is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France. The name of the locality was first recorded as Picti in the...
- The Bichon Frisé or Bichon à Poil Frisé is a Franco-Belgian breed of small toy dog of bichon type. It was recognised by the Société Centrale Canine in...
- Poil de carotte (En: Carrot Head or Carrot Top) is a long short story or autobiographical novel by Jules Renard published in 1894 which recounts the childhood...
- Poilly-sur-Serein (French pronunciation: [pwaji syʁ səʁɛ̃], literally Poilly on Serein) is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté...
- Poilly (French pronunciation: [pwaji]) is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France. Communes of the Marne department Montagne de Reims...
- François Poilly, or François de Poilly, (1623 –1693) was a French engraver. He was born in Abbeville, the son of a goldsmith who gave him his first drawing...
- Lios Póil (anglicized as Lispole) is a Gaeltacht village in County Kerry, Ireland. It is on the Dingle Peninsula, 8 km east of the town of Dingle and 40 km...
- Nicolas de Poilly (June 28, 1675 – August 12, 1747), also called Nicolas de Poilly the Younger, Nicolas de Poilly jeune, or Nicolas II de Poilly (to distinguish...
- Maél Póil, Irish Abbot, fl. c. 9th-10th centuries. In 1978 a graveslab was discovered at the church and graveyard of the townland of Templemoyle, Athenry...
- Zurich: Lit Verlag. pp. 24–81. ISBN 9783643903198. OCLC 822667566. "Un poil de culture – Une introduction à l'animation ****onaise". Metalchroniques.fr...