Footlicking
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 sycophantic behavior uncountable
- 2 The act of licking someone's feet. uncountable
"Perhaps, in some variation of Joe Buck's gay hustler in John Schlesinger's 1969 classic Midnight Cowboy, Anna was being sucked into the footlicking scene for want of making the big time, getting in a good group show, or being able to ..."
- 1 sycophantic not-comparable
"I think it was William the Conqueror, whose portly belly led the fashion among the foot-licking nobles of his court; and in compliment to his majesty they all appeared with ventrical protuberances."
Example
More examples"Perhaps, in some variation of Joe Buck's gay hustler in John Schlesinger's 1969 classic Midnight Cowboy, Anna was being sucked into the footlicking scene for want of making the big time, getting in a good group show, or being able to ..."
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