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A flatterer or sycophant.

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  1. n. A flatterer or sycophant.
  2. a. Flattering; sycophantic.
  3. v. t. To flatter.
  4. n. finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way
  5. A flatterer or sycophant. [Obs.] "Take heed of these clawbacks." Latimer. Flattering; sycophantic. [Obs.] Like a clawback parasite. Bp. Hall. To flatter. [Obs.] Warner.
  6. A flatterer or sycophant. [Obs.] "Take heed of theseclawbacks." Latimer.
  7. n. finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way