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Definition
a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage;
or: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
or: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
- He compiled lists of old words too — words of a precision and suggestiveness that no longer had a meaningful application in today's world, or toady's world, as Jimmy sometimes deliberately misspelled it on his term papers.p. 195.6
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