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Spoil bankspoil for
spoilable
spoilage
spoilation
Spoiled
Spoiler
Spoilfive
Spoilful
Spoiling
spoiling attack
spoils of office
spoils system
Spoilsmen
Spoilsmonger
spoilsport
spoilt
spoilt, spoiled
Spokane
Spoke
Spoke-shave
Spoked
Spoken
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Merriam Webster's
noun Date: 1846 one who serves a party for a share of the spoils;also one who sanctions such practice
Oxford Reference Dictionary
n. (pl. -men) US esp. Polit. 1 an advocate of the spoils system. 2 a person who seeks to profit by it.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
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.
