fawner
Example Sentences
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You may find yourself simply unable to decide whether Mr Senecal is a galaxy-class fawner or a weapons-grade underminer.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2016
In exchange he took his revenge out on Padre Irene, whom he looked upon as a base fawner and despised for his coarseness.
From The Reign of Greed by Charles E. Derbyshire
He was a sneak, a spy, a coward, a demagogue, a parasite, a lickspittle, a fawner upon all from whom he hoped help, a slanderer of all who did not care to endure his society.
From James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters by Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury
