lickspittle
Collocations
3ADJ.
little, mean
VERB + LICKSPITTLE
suck, whining
ADV.
such
Definitions
noun
A fawning toady; a base sycophant.
"I've found you out and know you thoroughly, you mean, whining lickspittle!"
"You're a suck, a suck and a lickspittle, that's what you are," said the pale man, his voice trembling with passion.
The practice of giving empty flattery for personal gain.
verb
To play the toady; take the role of a lickspittle to please (someone).
"[Y]ou take his side, and that is wrong! ...If some young school teacher, or some young lad, lickspittles to him, it's bad enough."
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5"I've found you out and know you thoroughly, you mean, whining lickspittle!"
Wiktionary"You're a suck, a suck and a lickspittle, that's what you are," said the pale man, his voice trembling with passion.
WiktionaryHis preposterous insults were legendary, and there are accounts of his small-hour attacks on petty moralists and literary lickspittles in obscure Madrid dives where he chain-smoked and drank gallons o
Wiktionary"[Y]ou take his side, and that is wrong! ...If some young school teacher, or some young lad, lickspittles to him, it's bad enough."
WiktionaryHe's such a little lickspittle.
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