lickspittle
Example Sentences
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A beat later, Perfidia barges into the office of lickspittle Col.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025
Casting Michael Gandolfini as Fisk’s youthful lickspittle of a right-hand, Daniel Blake, further augments the heavy’s shadiness.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2025
He was not even moved to protect his own lickspittle, the vice president, who was in the chamber when it was attacked.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2021
We know that he employs lickspittle underlings and an outside network of shady characters to carry out his bizarre and erratic impulses.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 23, 2019
The promise of gold had turned die Oldtowner into a shameless lickspittle.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
