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Meaning of lick-platter | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A sycophant.

obsolete

Examples

“And as for freedom from malignant personalities, he might have been a model to all critics. I must except politics, however, for in these he could be rabid and savage. He had a passion for independence, which, though pushed to excess, was not without grandeur. No lick-platter, no parasite, no toadeater, no literary beggar, no hunter after patronage and subscriptions; even in his dealings with Audley Egerton, he insisted on naming the price for his labours.”

CEFR level

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

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