soft-soaper

[ sawft-soh-per, soft- ]

nounInformal.
  1. a person who flatters or cajoles, especially for reasons of self-interest or personal advantage: a soft-soaper specializing in rich, elderly women.

Origin of soft-soaper

1
First recorded in 1850–55; soft-soap + -er1

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