ap·ple-pol·ish (āp'əl-pŏl'ĭsh)
v.
ap·ple-pol·ished, ap·ple-pol·ish·ing, ap·ple-pol·ish·es
v.
intr.
To seek favor by toadying.
v.
tr.
To seek favor with; flatter. See Synonyms at fawn1.
apple polisher, ap'ple-pol'ish·er n. |
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Slang Dictionary
apple-polisher
- n.
a flatterer. : Everybody at the office seems to be an apple-polisher but me.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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[ap-uh
l-pol-ish] 
Informal.