Flatter with the intention of getting something.
Person who flatters others for the purpose of obtaining a personnal advantage.
1 Every TFNG walked into NASA a slavishly loyal subject of King George, and we competed in pathetic attempts to brown - nose him.
2 'You forgetting something, Jez; everyone forgets, except maybe good old brown - nose Bernhard.
3 When Randolph was finally gone, Carter said: "If I swear I'm not brown - nosing , can I tell you something?"
4 'Are you gonna tell Al we did to Jezzibella what they did to Brown - nose Bernhard?'
5 Aech must have thought I was brown - nosing , because she snickered throughout my stammering monologue, but Og was very cool about it.
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