jobs for the boys in English

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          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "rousfetologikés proslípseis",
          "sense": "positions of influence",
          "word": "ρουσφετολογικές προσλήψεις"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "jobs for the boys"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "p"
      },
      "expansion": "jobs for the boys pl (plural only)",
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        "Jobs unfairly given to someone's friends, supporters, or relations."
      ],
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    }
  ],
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"jobs for the boys" meaning in English

Noun