clawern.
/ˈklɔːə/ rare.
One who claws. (See the verb.)
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > servile flatterer
papelard1340
placeboc1395
fawnerc1440
pickthank1460
adulator?a1475
earwigc1475
curry-favel1515
men-pleaser1526
gnatho1533
upcreeperc1540
claw-back1549
curry-favourer1563
man-pleaser1564
claw-poll1569
please-man1570
sycophant1575
curry-favour1577
capper1587
insinuator1598
clawera1603
scrape-shoe1607
suck-fist1611
courtiera1616
foot lickera1616
fleerera1627
wriggler1631
fawn1635
limberham1689
toad-eater1742
tuft-hunter1755
arse-kisser1766
sleeve-creeper1809
lick-spit1822
lickspittle1825
shoe-licker1826
toady1826
toad1831
toader1842
bootlicker1846
bootlick1849
favour-currier1855
lubricator1872
bum-sucker1877
handshaker1884
suck1900
mbongo1911
sucker-up1911
apple-polisher1918
snurge1933
ass-licker1939
brown-nose1939
brown-noser1942
arse-licker1951
ass-kisser1951
greaser1959
suck-hole1966
suck-up1970
bumboy1984
fly-
a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 587 You are the pleasant clawers which teach that a man may bee saued by the faith of others.
1613 J. Davies Muses Teares (1876) 9 The scopes Of all such clawers scratch for priuate ends.
1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) v. xxviii. 129 An Abbreviator and Clawer off of Law-Suits.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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