sycophant
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She was Lux Interior yowling into the mike during "Sycophant."
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2014
On an apple being thrown at Mr. Cooke, whilst playing Sir Pertinax Mac Sycophant.
From The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings by Lemon, Mark
Your best way of gaining their Esteem, is by preserving Your Character, to the last, of a General Satyrist my Dear, not. by degenerating to a Public Sycophant.
From The Covent Garden Theatre, or Pasquin Turn'd Drawcansir by Macklin, Charles
Dogs still bear without abuse the grand old name of Sycophant.
From The Cardinal's Snuff-Box by Harland, Henry
Sycophant, sik′ō-fant, n. a common informer: a servile flatterer.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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