Thesaurus / brown-nose
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The case was an assault and battery that came off between two men named Brown and Henderson.
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUS"There's just one thing I'd like to ask, if you don't mind," said Cynthia, coming suddenly out of a brown study.
THE BOARDED-UP HOUSEAUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMANIt separates into three layers upon standing—a brown deposit, a clear fluid, and a frothy layer.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODDI pictured him as slim and young looking, smooth-faced, with golden curly hair, and big brown eyes.
THE BOARDED-UP HOUSEAUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMANMr. Brown seizes the proffered member, and gives it as hearty a pressure as the publicity of the occasion will permit.
PHYSIOLOGY OF THE OPERAJOHN H. SWABY (AKA "SCRICI")His nose was hooked and rather large, his eyes were blue, bright as steel, and set a trifle wide.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIHis hair was darker—almost brown save at the temples, where age had faded it to an ashen colour.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIThey are succeeded by kidney shaped capsules of a brown color.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.Sympathising with its desires, Benjy changed his posture, and managed just to touch the nose of his enemy.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNEAnd he himself brought her the golden-brown bouillon, in a dainty Sevres cup, with a flaky cracker or two on the saucer.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINWORDS RELATED TO BROWN-NOSE
- apple-polishing
- begging
- begging for mercy
- beseeching
- blandishing
- bootlicking
- bow and scrape
- brown-nosing
- buttering up
- catering to
- courting
- cowering
- crawling
- creeping
- cringing
- crouching
- eating crow
- eating dirt
- eating humble pie
- falling all over
- fawning
- flattering
- humble oneself
- humoring
- imploring
- kissing one's feet
- kneeling
- kowtowing
- making much of
- making up to
- pampering
- playing up to
- prostrating
- revering
- snivelling
- soft-soaping
- stooping
- sucking up to
- truckling
- wheedling
- yeing
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