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- noun Plural form of
spillionaire .
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Examples
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The marina's manager, Chris Calloway, says that the only obvious evidence of the oil spill now are the new trucks and boats owned by the "spillionaires" - people who struck it rich by renting out their boats and land and services for BP's cleanup operation that lasted months.
NYT > Home Page By DAN BARRY 2010
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So who will be the "spillionaires" of the BP oil spill?
Who's Set To Profit From The BP Oil Spill? The Gulf Coast 'Spillionaires' (PHOTOS) 2010
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To repair the damage, Exxon paid hundreds of millions to a plethora of local businesses, which locals soon started calling the "spillionaires".
Who's Set To Profit From The BP Oil Spill? The Gulf Coast 'Spillionaires' (PHOTOS) 2010
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To repair the damage, Exxon paid hundreds of millions to a plethora of local businesses, which locals soon started calling the "spillionaires".
Who's Set To Profit From The BP Oil Spill? The Gulf Coast 'Spillionaires' (PHOTOS) 2010
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So who will be the "spillionaires" of the BP oil spill?
Who's Set To Profit From The BP Oil Spill? The Gulf Coast 'Spillionaires' (PHOTOS) 2010
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It's unclear, however, how many Kalamazoo "spillionaires" will be local or what the trade-off will be between short-term payouts and long-term impacts.
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This left the once-presumed "spillionaires" to receive an average of $30,000 each, before interest.
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He recalls the "spillionaires," those who profited by leasing out their boats to help with the the Alaska cleanup and how they were "also called Exxon whores by their cousins, brothers and fathers."
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But elsewhere there are anecdotal reports of "spillionaires" whose income has risen thanks to BP.
BP creates another fine mess as it bars Deepwater protesters 2011
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A few fishermen who were hired by BP for cleanup and containment made so much money that they were labeled "spillionaires," but that financial spigot has been turned off.
One Year After Spill, Some Signs of Life Emerge in the Gulf Leslie Eaton 2011
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