Lickpot
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lickpot is a noun meaning An untrustworthy sycophant.
Meaning
An untrustworthy sycophant.
More Meanings
- (archaic, childish) The forefinger.
Example Sentences
Coordinate term: thumbkin
Everyone said, "Oh," and held up the finger we call "lickpot," and nodded his head.
The use of the index finger to scoop the remaining juices from the cooking pot up to the lips gave it the finely appropriate name of 'the lickpot.'
No, only little Peter Playman; dear Thumbkin, Lickpot, and Longman were grabbing hardness under the gray cloth, shaping the flat oblong of hardness.
Word Forms
- lickpots
Synonyms for lickpot
Depending on context, synonyms include arrow-finger, demonstrator, forefinger, index, pointer, pointling.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pointling, lupper, limpin, fingerhold, piggy, fillip.
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