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lick-spittle

lick-spittle is the alternative form of lickspittle.

Meaning of lickspittle

Noun

lickspittle (plural lickspittles)

  1. A fawning toady; a base sycophant.
    • "I've found you out and know you thoroughly, you mean, whining lickspittle!"1857, Charlotte Brontë, “chapter 5”, in The Professor
  2. (broadly) The practice of giving empty flattery for personal gain.

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Forms of lick-spittle

plurallick-spittles

Questions about lick-spittle

What is lick-spittle the alternative form of?
Lick-spittle is the alternative form of lickspittle.

Words near lick-spittle in the dictionary

  1. lick-dishes
  2. lick-platter
  3. lick-platters
  4. lick-spigot
  5. lick-spigots
  6. lick-spittle
  7. lick-spittles
  8. lick-trencher
  9. lick-trenchers
  10. lick-twat
  11. lick-twats

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