Lick-platter

Quick meaning: Lick-platter is a noun meaning (obsolete) A sycophant.

Meaning

(obsolete) A sycophant.

Example Sentences

And as for freedom from malignant personalities, he might have been a model to all critics. I must except politics, however, for in these he could be rabid and savage. He had a passion for independence, which, though pushed to excess, was not without grandeur. No lick-platter, no parasite, no toadeater, no literary beggar, no hunter after patronage and subscriptions; even in his dealings with Audley Egerton, he insisted on naming the price for his labours.

Word Forms

• lick-platters

Synonyms for lick-platter

Depending on context, synonyms include lick-dish, lick-trencher, adulator, arse-kisser, arse-licker, ass-kisser.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lick-trencher, lickspittle, clawback, footlicker, bootlick, lickpot.

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