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lickspittle
[ lik-spit-l ]
noun
- a contemptible, fawning person; a servile flatterer or toady.
lickspittle
/ ˈɪˌɪə /
noun
- a flattering or servile person
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of lickspittle1
Example Sentences
Casting Michael Gandolfini as Fisk’s youthful lickspittle of a right-hand, Daniel Blake, further augments the heavy’s shadiness.
Nobody likes a Quisling, or, at least, very few people would want to be seen as an eager lickspittle to tyranny.
Trump, with his lickspittle staff and his checkbook crimes, is closer to the corrupt Prince John than Robin Hood.
Trump, with his lickspittle staff and his checkbook crimes, is closer to the corrupt Prince John than Robin Hood.
His lickspittle Legislature has taken up consideration of a new law that calls for the elimination of majors and minors in race or gender studies, the end of “diversity, equity and inclusion” programs, and the end of guaranteed tenure protection.
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