Pol

Definitions

1. Initialism of petroleum, oil, and lubricants; consumable supplies for vehicles and machinery, collectively.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
2. A politician.
   informal
3. Initialism of port of loading.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Journalists and pols were cozier then. President Kennedy sipped 1945 Lafite-Rothschild at the Alsops' Georgetown home, and the Alsops dined at the White House.”

“The knights-errant of politics could "tsk, tsk" all they wanted, but most experienced pols recognized that patronage was the lifeblood of their profession.”

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