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pickthank
[ pik-thangk ]
noun
, Archaic.
- a person who seeks favor by flattery or gossip; sycophant.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pickthank1
First recorded in 1490–1500; noun use of verb phrase pick a thank, pick thanks
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Example Sentences
Le Mercier was a pickthank, angling after the favor of La Pompadour,—a pretentious knave, as hollow as one of his own mortars.
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So there came in three witnesses; to wit, Envy, Superstition, and Pickthank.
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Three witnesses were then called: Envy, Superstition, and Pickthank.
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It is at best but a pettifogging, pickthank business to decompose actions into little personal motives, and explain heroism away.
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