backslapper
Example Sentences
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In between, the gregarious Californian, previously known more as a backslapper and prolific fund-raiser than a legislative wizard, narrowly pulled the country back from the brink of crisis — twice.
From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
When I’m feeling sociable, I take on his personality — a backslapper, a schmoozer, a happy-go-lucky guy.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2022
He is an old-fashioned retail politician — a baby-kisser, glad-hander and backslapper, in the Bill Clinton mold.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2021
He’s a great backslapper, ever cordial, good at remembering names, never missing an opportunity to tell voters how much he loves them and only lives to serve them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2016
A former speaker of the Knesset—like Netanyahu, he is a member of the Likud—he was a clubhouse pol, a backslapper, a vote trader.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 10, 2014
