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• Lick-spit

  [lik-spit-l] /ˈlɪkˌspɪt l/ noun 1. a contemptible, fawning person; a servile flatterer or toady. /ˈlɪkˌspɪtəl/ noun 1. a flattering or servile person n. also lick-spittle, “sycophant, abject toady,” 1741, from lick (v.1) + spittle.

• Lickspittle

  [lik-spit-l] /ˈlɪkˌspɪt l/ noun 1. a contemptible, fawning person; a servile flatterer or toady. /ˈlɪkˌspɪtəl/ noun 1. a flattering or servile person n. also lick-spittle, “sycophant, abject toady,” 1741, from lick (v.1) + spittle.

• Lick the stuffing out of

  Also, lick the tar out of . See under beat the living daylights out of

• Licorice

  [lik-er-ish, lik-rish, lik-uh-ris] /ˈlɪk ər ɪʃ, ˈlɪk rɪʃ, ˈlɪk ə rɪs/ noun 1. a Eurasian plant, Glycyrrhiza glabra, of the legume family. 2. the sweet-tasting, dried root of this plant or an extract made from it, used in medicine, confectionery, etc. 3. a candy flavored with licorice root. 4. any of various related or similar […]

• Licorice-stick

  noun, Slang. 1. a clarinet. noun phrase The clarinet (1930s+ Jive talk)

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