Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who licks or laps up.
  • noun One who beats.
  • noun A device attached to a rotating or sliding part of an engine or other machine, for taking up a small quantity of oil and conveying it to a bearing or journal to be lubricated.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who, or that which, licks.
  • noun (Carding Machine) the drum, or cylinder, by which the lap is taken from the feed rollers.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Someone or something that licks.

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Examples

  • Allow the beans to simmer until they are soft and tender and until the 'pot licker' is the consistency of ... well, pot licker.

    Musical fruit 2009

  • Allow the beans to simmer until they are soft and tender and until the 'pot licker' is the consistency of ... well, pot licker.

    Musical fruit 2009

  • Allow the beans to simmer until they are soft and tender and until the 'pot licker' is the consistency of ... well, pot licker.

    Musical fruit 2009

  • Allow the beans to simmer until they are soft and tender and until the 'pot licker' is the consistency of ... well, pot licker.

    Musical fruit 2009

  • Allow the beans to simmer until they are soft and tender and until the 'pot licker' is the consistency of ... well, pot licker.

    Musical fruit 2009

  • Allow the beans to simmer until they are soft and tender and until the 'pot licker' is the consistency of ... well, pot licker.

    Musical fruit 2009

  • Allow the beans to simmer until they are soft and tender and until the 'pot licker' is the consistency of ... well, pot licker.

    Musical fruit 2009

  • Allow the beans to simmer until they are soft and tender and until the 'pot licker' is the consistency of ... well, pot licker.

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  • We all recognise the behaviour of the typical arrse-licker, which is just one manifestation of this symptom.

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • We all recognise the behaviour of the typical arrse-licker, which is just one manifestation of this symptom.

    Army Rumour Service 2010

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  • licker - beyond my conception, beyond my reach. (that licks me)

    "That's a licker to me." Similar to "that beats the heck out of me."

    July 31, 2009