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footlickers

footlickers is the plural of footlicker.

Meaning of footlicker

Noun

footlicker (plural footlickers)

  1. A sycophant; a fawner; a toady
    • […]Do that good miſcheefe, which may make this Iſland / Thine owne for euer, and I thy Caliban, / For aye thy foot-licker.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
  2. Someone who licks another's feet.

Questions about footlickers

What is footlickers the plural of?
Footlickers is the plural of footlicker.

Words near footlickers in the dictionary

  1. footlessness
  2. footlet
  3. footlets
  4. Footlick
  5. footlicker
  6. footlickers
  7. footlicking
  8. Footlicks
  9. footlight
  10. footlighted
  11. footlights

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