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bootlicker

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boot⋅lick

  [boot-lik]
Use bootlicker in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to seek the favor or goodwill of in a servile, degraded way; toady to.
–verb (used without object)
2. to be a toady.
Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; boot 1 + lick

Related forms:
bootlicker, noun

Synonyms:
1, 2. flatter, fawn; apple-polish.
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boot·lick   (bōōt'lĭk')   
v.   boot·licked, boot·lick·ing, boot·licks

v.   tr.
To behave toward in a servile or obsequious manner.
v.   intr.
To behave in a servile or obsequious manner. See Synonyms at fawn1.
boot'lick'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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