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Definition of Bootlickers
1. bootlicker [n] - See also: bootlicker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bootlickers
Literary usage of Bootlickers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. America's Aims and Asia's Aspirations by Patrick Gallagher (1920)
"His sole support came from Germany, Austria, and American bootlickers and
concession-hunters. His empire collapsed after one hundred days of medieval folly, ..."
2. Confederate Echoes: A Voice from the South in the Days of Secession and of by Albert Theodore Goodloe (1907)
"... become bootlickers for Abraham Lincoln. Through their instrumentality, largely,
a reign of terror existed in many communities through which I passed, ..."
3. Pillory and Witness-box by Ferdinand Hansen (1920)
"You are as great a moral coward as the herd of British bootlickers, and so I must
to my infinite regret place you where you belong—and where—all in due ..."
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