lickspittle

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  1. noun A fawning underling; a toady.

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  • Just look at all the lickspittle paeans mixed into the questions submitted by the Ronulans. —  Brain Shavings
  • There's that word "arbitrary", just like Hamas's lickspittle spokesman would say. —  Ace of Spades HQ
  • And never mind how the DNC and their lickspittle slaveys in the media always tout Mr. Clinton's trimming of the welfare rolls as proof that the Democrats are the party of reform during election years. —  Sweetness & Light
  • Jann Wenner, progressive lickspittle supreme is the publisher of this rag and was the one responsible for Obama's literally glowing cover of Rolling Stone. —  The Sundries Shack
  • Barry's lickspittle like display of fawning subservience to a king reminded me of the following song, because of its title: Altar of a King —  The Conservative UAW Guy
 

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/ˈlɪkspɪtl/
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