trencher-friendn.
? Obsolete.
A parasite; a toady.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > servile flatterer > parasite
clienta1393
lick-dishc1440
maunche present1440
scambler?a1513
smell-feast1519
parasite1539
hanger-on1549
parasitaster1552
waiter at the table1552
lick-trencher1571
hang-by1579
shadow1579
trencher-fly1590
trencher-friend1590
fawnguest1592
pot-hunter1592
lick-spigot1599
trencherman1599
shark1600
tub-hunter1600
zany1601
lick-box1611
by-hangera1626
cosherer1634
shirk1639
panlicker1641
clientelary1655
tantony1659
led friend1672
sponger1677
fetcher and carrier1751
myrmidon1800
trencher-licker1814
onhanger1821
tag-tail1835
sponge1838
lick-ladle1849
lick-platter1853
sucker1856
freeloader1933
bludger1938
ligger1977
joyrider1990
1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. B4 Flattering Gnatos, that only are time pleasers and trencher friends.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iii. vii. 95 You Fooles of Fortune, Trencher-friends, Times Flyes, Cap and knee-Slaues.
1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 647 A Trencher friend; amicus mensæ.
1763 C. Johnstone Reverie (new ed.) II. 243 He gathered all his old pot-companions and trencher-friends about him, and fell to carousing as usual.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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