bootlick
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Occasionally a cadet who wants cadet honors resorts to "boning bootlick" with the tactical officers stationed at the academy.
From Dick Prescott's Third Year at West Point Standing Firm for Flag and Honor by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
And you've got to play politics, bootlick your boss—all that.
From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 by Various
At Yale, and other colleges, a tutor or any other officer who informs against the students, or acts as a spy upon their conduct, is also called a bootlick.
From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall
"I've never been one of the authorities on bootlick."
From Dick Prescott's Third Year at West Point Standing Firm for Flag and Honor by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
"I don't stand for a bootlick," replied Cadet Stubbs.
From Dick Prescotts's Fourth Year at West Point Ready to Drop the Gray for Shoulder Straps by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
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