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preferment-hunting

preferment-hunting noun: the practice of sycophancy as a means to make money.

Noun

preferment-hunting (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, cant) The practice of sycophancy as a means to make money.

Forms of preferment-hunting

alternative formpreferment hunting

Questions about preferment-hunting

What does preferment-hunting mean?
Preferment-hunting means the practice of sycophancy as a means to make money.
What part of speech is preferment-hunting?
Preferment-hunting is a noun.

Words near preferment-hunting in the dictionary

  1. preferers
  2. prefering
  3. preferist
  4. preferists
  5. preferment
  6. preferment-hunting
  7. prefermentation
  8. prefermentations
  9. preferments
  10. preferr
  11. preferrable

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