Stephen Girard job
n.— «That was called a Stephen Girard job!!!-:) He came LONG before Roosevelt!!-:)» —“Re: Too Little For Some, Too Late for Others, Too Much for True Beneficaries” by John H. Fisher Usenet: alt.politics.democrats Sept. 16, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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