Pickthank definitions

pickthank

sycophant; flatterer
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Pickthank

• (n.) One who strives to put another under obligation; an officious person; hence, a flatterer. Used also adjectively.
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Pickthank

Pick'thank` noun One who strives to put another under obligation; an officious person; hence, a flatterer. Used also adjectively. « Smiling pickthanks , and base newsmongers.» Shak.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/84

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