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Buggins's turn

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Buggins's turn

▶noun Brit. informal a system by which appointments or awards are made in rotation rather than by merit.

– origin early 20th cent.: from Buggins, used to represent a typical surname.

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