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View synonyms for lickspittle
lickspittle
[ lik-spit-l ]
noun
- a contemptible, fawning person; a servile flatterer or toady.
lickspittle
/ ˈlɪkˌspɪtəl /
noun
- a flattering or servile person
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Origin of lickspittle1
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Example Sentences
Picture Maddow having said at some point that Benedict was "a capitalist lickspittle."
From The Daily Beast
You get up right after midnight to practice being a lickspittle and a trimmer!
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Had I been the most contemptible lickspittle on the meanest and greediest quest, his expression could not have been worse.
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