bootlick

bootlick
bootlicker, n.
/booht"lik'/, v.t.
1. to seek the favor or goodwill of in a servile, degraded way; toady to.
v.i.
2. to be a toady.
[1835-45, Amer.; BOOT1 + LICK]
Syn. 1, 2. flatter, fawn; apple-polish.

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