Английская Википедия:Buggins' turn
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Шаблон:Short description Buggins' turn or Buggins's turn is a humorous, disparaging British term for appointment to a position by rotation or seniority rather than by merit.[1]
This practice in the British Royal Navy was a concern of the reforming Admiral Fisher (1841 –1920) who wrote, "Going by seniority saves so much trouble. 'Buggins's turn' has been our ruin and will be disastrous hereafter!"[2]
Buggins previously appeared in an epigram of Robert Herrick.[3]Шаблон:QuoteLevel-coil was an old party game in which the players changed seats.
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