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   brown-nose

   /ˈbrou(n)ˌnōz/

   noun

   • 1. a person who acts in a grossly obsequious way: "a little brown-noser who wants to make sure I know he's working on Saturday"

   verb

   • 1. curry favor with (someone) by acting in an obsequious way: "academics were brown-nosing the senior faculty"

   Word Origin early 20th century: from an association of subservience with having one’s nose in the anus of a more powerful person.

   Scrabble Points: 14

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