lick-spittle

  • 21Licking — Lick Lick (l[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Licked} (l[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Licking}.] [AS. liccian; akin to OS. likk[=o]n, D. likken, OHG. lecch[=o]n, G. lecken, Goth. bi laig[=o]n, Russ. lizate, L. lingere, Gr. lei chein, Skr. lih, rih.… …

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  • 22drool — [n1] saliva drivel, expectoration, salivation, slaver, slobber, spit, spittle; concept 467 drool [v1] drivel dribble, lick one’s chops*, salivate, slaver, slobber, water at the mouth; concept 467 drool [v2] salivate dribble, drivel, froth, oo …

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  • 23Saliva — This article is about the substance produced in the mouths of humans. For genus of a plant Salvia, see Salvia. For other uses, see Saliva (disambiguation). Human saliva on a public walkway. Saliva (English pronunciation: /səˈlaɪvə/, referred to… …

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  • 24Draconian (Dragonlance) — The predominating winged figure in the center is a Bozak draconian, Kang Characteristics Type Dragon Draconians are a fictional species in the Dungeons Dragons Dragonlance setting of novels and role playing games …

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  • 25Attempted exclusion of Egon Kisch from Australia — In late 1934 and early 1935, the United Australia Party Government of Joseph Lyons spectacularly failed to exclude Egon Kisch from entering Australia.Egon Kisch was a Jewish Communist and anti war activist of ethnic German ( Volksdeutsche )… …

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  • 26drool — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. drivel, slaver. See excretion. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To slobber] Syn. drivel, drip, slaver, salivate, spit, water at the mouth, dribble, trickle, ooze, run (out); see also drop 1 . 2. [To want]… …

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  • 27spitting —    Though real or pretended spitting for luck or to repel *witchcraft and the *evil eye is an ancient device, concern for hygiene and good manners makes it rare now. However, there are many references to people spitting on a *coin for luck,… …

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  • 28lickspittle —    A little used word referring to someone who is so sycophantic that he would lick someone’s spittle from the ground. In occasional use since the seventeenth century, and alluded to by Howard Jacobson in Redback. ‘someone had even hissed… …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • 29lickspit — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: lick (I) + spit (spittle) : lickspittle Synonyms: see parasite …

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