bootlicker
Example Sentences
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His name gave us the English word "quisling": it means a lackey, a traitor, a bootlicker.
From BBC
“Some of the people are bootlickers,” May said.
From Washington Post
Among her most frequent rally lines was calling him a “spineless bootlicker” beholden to Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
From Washington Times
“I’m not a bootlicker, I’m not an Uncle Tom. I’m none of those things. I’m somebody that’s in a poor, impoverished community.”
From Washington Times
Congressional bootlickers, channeling Mr. Trump’s rantings about the Deep State, have used their power to target those who dared to investigate him.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
