Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or practice of serving one's turn or promoting private interest.
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For in the time of the Cecils, the father and the son, able men were by design and of purpose suppressed; and though of late choice goeth better both in church and commonwealth, yet money, and turn-serving, and cunning canvasses, and importunity prevail too much.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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