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the old-boy network
UK
Definition
the way in which men who have been to the same expensive school or university help each other to find good jobs
The old-boy network still operates in some City banks.
(Definition of the old-boy network from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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