perfumed prince
n.— «The only souls who would benefit from their current plans are the Perfumed Princes of the Beltway. Maybe they should call it “The Party of the Bureaucrat.”» —“The lines are drawn” Las Vegas Review-Journal (Nev.) July 23, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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