footlicker en · NOUN
Etymology
From foot + licker.
Meanings
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A sycophant; a fawner; a toady
[…]Do that good miſcheefe, which may make this Iſland / Thine owne for euer, and I thy Caliban, / For aye thy foot-licker.
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
- Someone who licks another's feet.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| footlickers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |