spittle

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He was a rake and a lick-spittle, the very last man in Scotland for Jane Campbell to throw herself away upon.

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  1. noun Spit; saliva.
  2. noun The frothy liquid secreted by spittlebugs.

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  • Next to blood, spittle is the most prized ingredient for fixing spells. —  F ;SF; - vol 091 issue 01 - July 1996
  • Right now, angry, frustrated Colts fans want a spittle-spewing, butt-chewing SOB who will inspire this team to play as well in the playoffs as it does in the regular season -- and I don't blame them. —  MVN
  • Just give thanks that you were not there, since it would have been necessary to listen to that lick-spittle Gordon Brown explain how to patch up the world economy .. —  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
  • He gave a speech that was a spittle-laced, just-short-of-unhinged attack on John Kerry last election as part of an incredibly negative GOP convention, and the convention seemed to work. —  John Kerry | Blog
  • Soft Dick City feels spontaneous in its noise and spittle-lipped in its urgency, the subsequent —  Independent Weekly: All Recent Stories
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Middle English spitel, alteration (influenced by spit1) of spatel, from Old English spātl.

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  1. Formerly also spettle; a variant of spattle, conformed to the verb: see spattle, spit, v.
  2. from Middle English spytelle; diminutive of spit.
  3. from spittle, n.
 

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