lickerish
Example Sentences
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Some hail Mr Kumar: "In a world full of boot lickers #RavishKumar stood out. Huge respect," one person tweeted.
From BBC • Nov. 7, 2016
It was all hush-hush, the old social secretaries and helpers and lickers and stampers, some of the old Bush gals and the hangers on, and of course folks like Jim Baker and his wife.
From Time Magazine Archive
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But he frequently clashed with colleagues, even with MacArthur, recording the general's "regular shouting tirades," and acidly observing that MacArthur "likes his boot lickers."
From Time Magazine Archive
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Ferried out to the spill on small landing craft, four lickers extended their long, conveyor belt "tongues" to the oil.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The children have appointed themselves official lickers and scrapers of the spoons and icing pans, also official guides on their auntie's walks.
From Dawn O'Hara, the Girl Who Laughed by Ferber, Edna