lickspittle

Example Sentences

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A beat later, Perfidia barges into the office of lickspittle Col.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025

Casting Michael Gandolfini as Fisk’s youthful lickspittle of a right-hand, Daniel Blake, further augments the heavy’s shadiness.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2025

He was not even moved to protect his own lickspittle, the vice president, who was in the chamber when it was attacked.

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2021

We know that he employs lickspittle underlings and an outside network of shady characters to carry out his bizarre and erratic impulses.

From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2019

The promise of gold had turned die Oldtowner into a shameless lickspittle.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin