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baby-kisser en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. One who kisses babies, especially a male politician who does so to ingratiate himself with female voters.
    • Charming and funny as he was in small groups, he was no glad-hander, backslapper, or baby-kisser. 2008, Andrew Cohen, Saul John Ralston, Extraordinary Canadians Lester B Pearson, →ISBN:
    • Unlike Charlie—hat-tipper, baby-kisser, favorite brother in a family of brothers—Drew was a loner by nature. 2017, Monica Wood, Any Bitter Thing: An evocative tale of love, loss and understanding, →ISBN:
    • He was more comfortable behind the scenes, he admitted, writing articles, drafting speeches for others. “I don't really have what it takes to be a hand-shaker or a baby-kisser,” he said. 2013, Tracy Daugherty, The Boy Orator: A Novel, →ISBN:

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