"brownnoser" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: brownnosers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} brownnoser (plural brownnosers)
  1. Alternative spelling of brown noser (one who flatters others in an obsequious manner.) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: brown noser (extra: one who flatters others in an obsequious manner.)
    Sense id: en-brownnoser-en-noun-BaF8ymFS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "“W-wait, why isn't Gumball in here with us?” [Laszlo chuckles] “Because Guillermo is the only one out of all of you that has ever shown me any kindness.” “[coughs] Brownnoser.” “And yet you all treat him so shabbily that even after all this time of waiting to become one of you... he's force to give up and take matters into his own hands.”",
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