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 previously appeared in an epigram of Robert Herrick.
[3]Upon BugginsBuggins is Drunke all night, all day he sleepes;This is the Levell-coyle that Buggins keeps.Level-coil was an old party game in which the players changed seats.
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