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词组 cornbeef-and-biscuits politics; cornbeef-and-rum politics
释义 cornbeef-and-biscuits politics; cornbeef-and-rum politics
noun
the practice of seeking to capture the votes of poor people by offering them gifts of corned beef, biscuits and rum as a bribe during political campaigns BARBADOS
  • There’s no doubt that the days of corned beef and biscuit politics are over. Barbados has ushered in a new political era where pizza, snack boxes, rum, brandy and stouts are the orders of the day. — Saturday Sun, p. 11, 2 November 1996
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