Clawback

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Clawback \Claw"back`\, n.
     A flatterer or sycophant. [Obs.] "Take heed of these
     clawbacks." --Latimer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Clawback \Claw"back`\, a.
     Flattering; sycophantic. [Obs.]
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           Like a clawback parasite.                --Bp. Hall.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Clawback \Claw"back`\, v. t.
     To flatter. [Obs.] --Warner.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  clawback
       n : finding a way to take money back from people that they were
           given in another way; "the Treasury will find some
           clawback for the extra benefits members received"