Lick-trencher

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A sycophant obsolete

    "Why Peniculus worship, that whorson lick-trencher, your Parasiticall attendant."

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lick-platter

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"Why Peniculus worship, that whorson lick-trencher, your Parasiticall attendant."

Etymology

From lick + trencher. Compare lick-dish, lick-plate, lick-platter.

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