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Definition of "lickspittle" []

  • A fawning underling; a toady. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "lickspittle" in a sentence
  • "Gates is Reaganaut lickspittle, which is not a step up from Nixon lickspittle."
  • "So yes, I can understand not wanting to use the tube, avoiding the tube, avoid the subject, avoid facing that you will always be 'other' - because our society in the west demands individuality....but in very narrow margins, and you like playing with the individuality they allow you like lickspittle which is why I also think you hate the tube so much."
  • "That delightful word 'lickspittle' must have been coined with him in mind."