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spillionaires

spillionaires is the plural of spillionaire.

Meaning of spillionaire

Noun

spillionaire (plural spillionaires)

  1. (informal) A person who acquires a substantial amount of money by being paid to participate in the cleanup of an oil spill.
    • "Spillionaires" made as much as half a million dollars that spring operating cleanup boats.1993, Janet Trowbridge Bohlen, For the Wild Places: Profiles in Conservation, Island Press, →ISBN, page 149

Questions about spillionaires

What is spillionaires the plural of?
Spillionaires is the plural of spillionaire.

Words near spillionaires in the dictionary

  1. spilling the beans
  2. spilling the tea
  3. spillingly
  4. spillings
  5. spillionaire
  6. spillionaires
  7. Spillman
  8. Spillmann
  9. Spillmans
  10. spillover
  11. spillover effect

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