All 4 Uses of
fawn
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- You know I have stood by when you fawned and flattered other people, and I remember pretty well what THAT always led to.'†
Chpt 47
- How many proud painted dames would have fawned and smiled, and how many spendthrift blockheads done me lip-service to my face and cursed me in their hearts, while I turned that ten thousand pounds into twenty!†
Chpt 56
- The cant of the lying world is, that men like me compass our riches by dissimulation and treachery: by fawning, cringing, and stooping.†
Chpt 56 *
- When did I ever cringe and fawn to you.†
Chpt 59
Definition:
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(fawn as in: fawned all over her) showing excessive flattery or affection