Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A money-bag, especially one full of money for corrupt purposes; a corruption fund.
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Examples
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County, and thirty-six district leaders reachin 'out for the Tammany dough-bag for somethin' to keep up the patriotism of ten thousand workers, and you wouldn't wonder that the cry for more, more, is goin 'up from every district organization now and forevermore.
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: a series of very plain talks on very practical politics, delivered by ex-Senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany philosopher, from his rostrum—the New York County court house bootblack stand; Recorded by William L. Riordon George Washington Plunkitt 1883
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