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Meaning of footlicking | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. sycophantic behavior
    uncountable
  2. The act of licking someone's feet.
    uncountable

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 ...”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

footlight Footlights footling Footlocker Footlockers footlog

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