spillionaire

English

Etymology

Blend of spill +‎ millionaire.

Noun

spillionaire (plural spillionaires)

  1. (informal) A person who acquires a substantial amount of money by being paid to participate in the cleanup of an oil spill.
    • 1993, Janet Trowbridge Bohlen, For the Wild Places: Profiles in Conservation, Island Press, →ISBN, page 149:
      "Spillionaires" made as much as half a million dollars that spring operating cleanup boats.

Quotations

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