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clawback
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clawback, n.
A flatterer or sycophant. Latimer. [1913 Webster]
clawback, a.
Flattering; sycophantic. [1913 Webster]
"Like a clawback parasite." [1913 Webster]
clawback, v. t.
To flatter. Warner. [1913 Webster]
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clawback
Flatterer
N flatterer, adulator, eulogist, euphemist, optimist, encomiast, laudator, whitewasher, toady, toadeater, sycophant, courtier, Sir Pertinax MacSycophant, flaneur, proneur, puffer, touter, claqueur, clawback, earwig, doer of dirty work, parasite, hanger-on, yes-man, suckup, ass-kisser, brown-noser, teacher's pet, pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.For further exploring for "clawback" in Webster Dictionary Online