How To Use Placeman In A Sentence

Now his placeman is prime minister, to what extent does he hold sway? Diary
But what is the point of voting for a placeman or a dullard simply because, on balance, you'd prefer his leader to be the next Prime Minister? Ignore the Party, You should Vote for the Best Candidate
Mandelson, on the other hand, has been elected by no one at all and is simply a Labour placeman planted in the Upper House to help Brown save his skin. Unelected Peer Attacks MPs For Doing Their Job
Another Labour source said: "We don't want somebody who could be construed as a Labour placeman. Archive 2008-02-01
Michael Booth: So does his Blackburn with Darwen constituency - but I doubt we'll get it until he takes his seat in the Lords to be replaced with another Labour placeman. Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I...

P.S. Brown has a placeman in the IMF as we found out when he got it to pull its report saying the banking crisis would cost the UK £190bn. Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me
Through no fault of his own, he will be labelled the Tories' placeman. Policing London: Law and not Orde | Editorial