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LICKSPITTLE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of LICKSPITTLE is a fawning subordinate : toady. www.merriam-webster.com
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LICKSPITTLE Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Lickspittle definition: a contemptible, fawning person; a servile flatterer or toady.. See examples of LICKSPITTLE used in a sentence. www.dictionary.com
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LICKSPITTLE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
a person who praises and tries to please people in authority, usually in order to get some advantage from them: He is a lickspittle who fawns ... dictionary.cambridge.org
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lick-spittle
ˈlick-spittle [f. lick v. + spittle.] a. An abject parasite or sycophant; a toady.[1629 Davenant Albovine iii. G i b, Lick her spittle From the ground. This disguiz'd humilitie Is both the swift, and safest way to pride.] 1825 J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. Wks. 1855 I. 40 To hear his lickspittles speak you ... Oxford English Dictionary
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LICKSPITTLE definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
lickspittle in American English (ˈlɪkˌspɪtl) noun a contemptible, fawning person; a servile flatterer or toady www.collinsdictionary.com
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lickspittle - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Noun · A fawning toady; a base sycophant. en.wiktionary.org
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David Hansemann
On the other hand, he was considered by radicals to be a reactionary serving the elite: Karl Marx scornfully called him a "liberal lick-spittle." wikipedia.org
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LICKSPITTLE Synonyms: 47 Similar Words - Merriam-Webster
a person who flatters another in order to get ahead; a partisan news program whose host is more of a lickspittle for the White House than a serious journalist. www.merriam-webster.com
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19 Synonyms & Antonyms for LICKSPITTLE - Thesaurus.com
lickspittle · ass-kisser · bootlicker · brown-nose · fawner · flatterer · flunky · groveler · lackey · sycophant · toady · truckler · yes-person. Did You Know? www.thesaurus.com
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lickspittle - Wordorigins.org
A lickspittle is a sycophant or toady, one who figuratively laps up the saliva of their master. The metaphor appears by 1586 in a commentary on the biblical ... www.wordorigins.org
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lickspittle, v. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
The earliest known use of the verb lickspittle is in the 1830s. OED's earliest evidence for lickspittle is from 1830, in Fraser's Magazine. www.oed.com
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difference between "lickspittle" and "sycophant"
Lickspittle is defined as a person who behaves obsequiously to those in power. whereas Sycophant is defined as a person who acts obsequiously towards someone ... english.stackexchange.com
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lick
▪ I. lick, n. (lɪk) [f. lick v.] 1. a. An act of licking. Hence quasi-concr. a small quantity, so much as may be had by licking; also lick-up. a lick of goodwill (Sc.), ‘a small portion of meal given for grinding corn, in addition to the fixed multure’ (Jam.). Also (U.S. colloq.) a lick, somewhat, a... Oxford English Dictionary
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Troll cat
Troll cats sucked milk from cows and spat it out in the witches' milk pails, and went into homes to lick up cream. The slime mold Fuligo septica and the foam made by spittle bugs were seen as troll cat droppings. wikipedia.org
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The Indian Sociologist
Nationalist patriot, who, though his ideals are not their ideals, is worthy of the admiration of those workers at home, who have as little to gain from the lick-spittle wikipedia.org
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