"cire-pompes" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /siʁ.pɔ̃p/ Forms: cire-pompes [plural]
Etymology: From cirer les pompes; morphologically, cirer + pompe (“shoe”). Etymology templates: {{m|fr|cirer les pompes}} cirer les pompes, {{af|fr|cirer|pompe|t2=shoe}} cirer + pompe (“shoe”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|mfbysense}} cire-pompes m or f by sense (plural cire-pompes)
  1. (informal) brown noser (one who brownnoses) Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, informal, masculine Synonyms: lèche-bottes, lèche-cul [vulgar], cire-pompe

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