Usually means: Seeker of favor through flattery.
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  1. apple-polisher: Merriam-Webster
  2. apple polisher: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. apple polisher: Collins English Dictionary
  4. apple polisher: Vocabulary.com
  5. apple-polisher, apple polisher: Wiktionary
  6. apple-polisher, apple polisher: Dictionary.com
  7. apple polisher: Rhymezone
  8. apple polisher: FreeDictionary.org
  9. apple polisher: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. apple-polisher, apple polisher: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. apple polisher: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. apple-polisher: Idioms

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  1. Apple polisher, apple-polisher: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  (idiomatic, informal) A sycophant; a toady.

Similar:
bootlicker, ass-kisser, groveller, fawner, truckler, apple-polisher, toady, sycophant, lick-platter, bootlick, more...

Types:
janitor, custodian, housekeeper, cleaner, more...

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Similar:
bootlicker, ass-kisser, groveller, fawner, truckler, apple-polisher, toady, sycophant, lick-platter, bootlick, more...

Types:
janitor, custodian, housekeeper, cleaner, more...



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