Bone bootlick on-tocultivate the favor of.

Occasionally a cadet who wants cadet honors resorts to " boning bootlick" with the tactical officers stationed at the academy.

"I'm not boning bootlick with cadets or with officers either," retorted Dick rather crisply.

"Why," asked Hayes, opening his eyes rather wide, "are you boning bootlick with any but officers?"

He became a "bone ," and tried so hard to delight his instructors that he was suspected of boning bootlick with the Academic Board.