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brown-noser
Variant of brown-nose
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transitive verb, intransitive verb brown-nosed, brown-nosing
Slang to seek favor or approval from (someone) by obsequious behavior; fawn (on)
noun
Slang one who brown-noses
also brown-noser
noun
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