Pickthank

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

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  • n. A sycophant, a yes-man.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who strives to put another under obligation; an officious person; hence, a flatterer. Used also adjectively.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who picks a thank (see under pick, v.); an officious fellow who does what he is not asked to do, for the sake of gaining favor; a parasite; a flatterer; a toady; also, a talebearer; a busybody. Also used adjectively.
  • To obtain by the methods of a pickthank.
  • Word Usage
    "I If I had not held you as so old an acquaintance, this should have gone to my Lady’s ears though I had been called pickthank and tale-pyet for my pains, as when I told of Roland Graeme shooting the wild swan.”"