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- noun idiomatic Alternative spelling of
brown noser . (one whoflatters others in anobsequious manner.)
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Examples
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It's honestly embarrassing to listen to, but one should refrain from calling Arrington a brown-noser because who knows?
Dan Snyder Mounts Charm Offensive Many Years Too Late Jason Linkins 2011
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It's honestly embarrassing to listen to, but one should refrain from calling Arrington a brown-noser because who knows?
Dan Snyder Mounts Charm Offensive Many Years Too Late Jason Linkins 2011
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But seriously, Matthew in Austin, your arguments are those of a brown-noser that bosses really love.
Matthew Yglesias » 400 Families Earned an Average of $345 Million Each in 2007 2010
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Check out the higher paying jobs and the corresponding qualifications of the individual and many times you will find far more qualified job candidates that were rejected in favor of the brown-noser
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It's honestly embarrassing to listen to, but one should refrain from calling Arrington a brown-noser because who knows?
Dan Snyder Mounts Charm Offensive Many Years Too Late Jason Linkins 2011
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It's honestly embarrassing to listen to, but one should refrain from calling Arrington a brown-noser because who knows?
Dan Snyder Mounts Charm Offensive Many Years Too Late Jason Linkins 2011
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I'm single, so I didn't have to uproot my family, and I knew it would help me leapfrog ahead of guys like Dwight Van de Velde, a brown-noser of the first water who I had to listen to yapping to his skanky girlfriend on the phone in the next cubicle over for two years in Keokuk, Iowa, where we have our test labs.
My Gall Bladder is Really Warm Today Con Chapman 2011
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To get you acquainted, one honor student (brown-noser) has gone through the trouble of mapping out the entire faculty roster.
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It is palpably obvious that Marcus Pillock has used his aptly named Twit account to muster every air-head brown-noser he can to come here and denounce you.
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
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You know, at the risk of sounding like a brown-noser, I am constantly mentioning how lucky us artists are right now to have such a great handful of influential art directors that appreciate the craft so.
Who’s awesome? Or, Credit the Artists! Irene Gallo 2010
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