lickspittle
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noun \ˈlik-ˌspi-təl\Definition of LICKSPITTLE
: a fawning subordinate : toady
Examples of LICKSPITTLE
- <a partisan news program whose host is more of a lickspittle for the White House than a serious journalist>
First Known Use of LICKSPITTLE
1825
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- Synonyms
- apple-polisher, bootlicker, brownnoser, fawner, flunky (also flunkey or flunkie), sycophant, suck-up, toady
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