bootlick
Example Sentences
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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 Hall, Benjamin Homer
"Bootlick, bootlick," I heard in murmurs all over the hall.
From The Harbor by Poole, Ernest
He became a "bone," and tried so hard to delight his instructors that he was suspected of boning bootlick with the Academic Board.
From Dick Prescott's Third Year at West Point Standing Firm for Flag and Honor by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
Turned down for that fellow Prescott—-that shifty dodger and cheap bootlick!
From Dick Prescott's Third Year at West Point Standing Firm for Flag and Honor by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
