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spoils systems

spoils systems is the plural of spoils system.

Meaning of spoils system

Noun

spoils system (plural spoils systems)

  1. A practice in which a successful political party offers government jobs to its supporters.

Questions about spoils systems

What is spoils systems the plural of?
Spoils systems is the plural of spoils system.

Words near spoils systems in the dictionary

  1. spoils
  2. spoils of war
  3. spoils somebody rotten
  4. spoils someone rotten
  5. spoils system
  6. spoils systems
  7. spoils the market
  8. spoils the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar
  9. spoilsman
  10. spoilsmen
  11. spoilsmonger

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