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- noun Plural form of
kotow . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
kotow .
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Examples
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I just learned that the Democratic Party kotows to a small number of religious fanatics.
The Obama administration would like you to know that the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" has been kicked down the road. Ann Althouse 2009
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Then all these men of weight walked solemnly three times round the scaffold, and halted three times, while the Prefect went down on his knees, and did obeisance with nine kotows to the rickety frame and its disc of yellow paper.
AN AUSTRALIAN IN CHINA Morrison, George Ernest, 1862-1920 1895
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Then all these men of weight walked solemnly three times round the scaffold, and halted three times, while the Prefect went down on his knees, and did obeisance with nine kotows to the rickety frame and its disc of yellow paper.
An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma George Ernest Morrison 1891
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So, when any of us come over here to play -- and that's what we generally come for -- everybody, to our surprise, kotows to us, and we acknowledge the attention by giving a shilling to whoever holds out his hand.
A Gentleman's Gentleman 1909 Francis Hopkinson Smith 1876
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