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单词 yellow dog fund
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yellow dog fund
yellow dog fund n. U.S. (now historical) a concealed fund used to bribe or influence the action of a person or group; esp. a fund of this kind held by an insurance company; cf. slush fund n. b.
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1905 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 7 Sept. 1/4 The committee's inquiry into..the Equitable scandal, especially the particular investigation into that ‘yellow dog fund’.
1954 Mich. Alumnus Q. Rev. Feb. 132/1 Wade also kept a secret ‘yellow-dog’ fund derived from fines and other blind sources.
2013 P. Grondahl These Exalted Acres 96 A slush fund used to lobby and bribe legislators on bills favorable to the industry that became known as ‘the yellow dog fund’.
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