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lickspittle

noun as in apple-polisher/apple polisher

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Nobody likes a Quisling, or, at least, very few people would want to be seen as an eager lickspittle to tyranny.

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Trump, with his lickspittle staff and his checkbook crimes, is closer to the corrupt Prince John than Robin Hood.

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Trump, with his lickspittle staff and his checkbook crimes, is closer to the corrupt Prince John than Robin Hood.

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His lickspittle Legislature has taken up consideration of a new law that calls for the elimination of majors and minors in race or gender studies, the end of “diversity, equity and inclusion” programs, and the end of guaranteed tenure protection.

He then threatened, with all the ferocity that a craven, weaselly Trump lickspittle can muster: “Attorney General Garland, preserve your documents and clear your calendar.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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