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What is another word for Pickthank?

Pronunciation: [pˈɪkθaŋk] (IPA)

Pickthank is an archaic term that refers to someone who is a flatterer or an informer. Other words that can be used synonymously with pickthank include sycophant, toady, fawner, yes-man, bootlicker, and brownnoser. All these terms are derogatory and imply a person who seeks to ingratiate himself to those in power or authority by flattery or other means. They all describe the same behavior, which is trying to win favor, status or advantage by saying insincere compliments, praising excessively, or betraying others' trust. These terms are not to be confused with someone who offers genuine appreciation or constructive criticism.
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Here, in the course of confidential promenadings, it was hinted, it was represented to him by some Pickthank of a courtier, That the task of continuing the Hohenzollern progeny did not seem to prosper in the present good hands; that Sophie Dorothee, Princess Royal, had already borne two royal infants which had speedily died: that in fact it was to be gathered from the medical men, if not from their words, then from their looks and cautious innuendoes, that Sophie Dorothee, Princess Royal, would never produce a Prince or even Princess that would live; which task, therefore, did now again seem to devolve upon his Majesty, if his Majesty had not insuperable objections?
"History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. III. (of XXI.) Frederick The Great--The Hohenzollerns In Brandenburg--1412-1718"
Thomas Carlyle
Three witnesses were then called: Envy, Superstition, and Pickthank.
"Bunyan"
James Anthony Froude
So there came in three witnesses, to wit, Envy, Superstition, and Pickthank.
"The Works of John Bunyan Volume 3"
John Bunyan

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