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lickspittles

lickspittles is the plural 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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Questions about lickspittles

What is lickspittles the plural of?
Lickspittles is the plural of lickspittle.

Words near lickspittles in the dictionary

  1. licksome
  2. lickspit
  3. lickspits
  4. lickspittle
  5. lickspittled
  6. lickspittles
  7. lickspittling
  8. lickspout
  9. lickspouts
  10. lickt
  11. Lickteig

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