pander

• I myself have heard of a “Pooh!” which interrupted a long intimacy, when the pander was administering sweet words in too liberal a measure As with Lamb so with his companions. —  Charles Lamb
• I get that a pander is necessary because, bafflingly, a large swath of the electorate believes the ability to handle a gun in the presence of a pheasant is testament to a person's overall character. —  The ITT List
• You write, "I hate to see him (Obama) pander --- but look what he's trying to do, get elected in the USA." —  CommonDreams.org Headlines
• "The vast majority of people I've talked to say it's simply a pander, and Sarah Palin doesn't speak to women's issues at all." —  Roll Call Print Edition Current Issue
• Here are four of them Loosen'd from the minor's tether Free to mortgage or to sell Wild as wind and light as feather Bid the sons of thrift farewell Call the Betseys, Kates, and Jennies All the names that banish care Lavish of your grandsire's guineas Show the spirit of an heir Wealth, my lad, was made to wander Let it wander as it will Call the jockey, call the pander Bid them come and take their fill When the bonny blade carouses Pockets full and spirits high What are acres? —  Obiter Dicta Second Series

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