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noun
informal a sycophant; toady
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Words nearby apple polisher

apple pandowdy, apple-pie, apple-pie bed, apple-pie order, apple-polish, apple polisher, apples, apples and oranges, apples and pears, applesauce, Appleseed
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Words related to apple polisher

brownnose, flatterer, flunky, lackey, sycophant, toady, yes man, ass-kisser, bootlicker, fawner, groveler, lickspittle, truckler

Other Idioms and Phrases with apple polisher

apple polisher

see polish the apple.

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