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backslapper en · NOUN

Etymology

From backslap + -er.

Meanings

1. One who makes a show of liking another person with profuse or excessive displays of camaraderie, such as vigorous hand clasping, back-slapping, hearty words of greeting, etc.
   • 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:

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Translations (7)

is mjög viðkunnanlegur maður (person who is overly showy with their affections) · sv ryggdunkare (person who is overly showy with their affections) · is mjög viðkunnanleg kona (person who is overly showy with their affections) · yi נאַשבראַט (person who is overly showy with their affections) · is axlaklappari (person who is overly showy with their affections) · is yfirmáta kumpánalegur maður (person who is overly showy with their affections) · is yfirmáta kumpánaleg kona (person who is overly showy with their affections)