Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A sycophant; a fawner; a toady. Cf.
bootlick .
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- noun A
sycophant ; afawner ; atoady .
Etymologies
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foot + licker. Compare bootlick.
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Examples
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a footlicker; and by no sign did she indicate what she really was — a very unhappy girl.
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