Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who truckles or yields obsequiously to the will of another.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who truckles, or yields servilely to the will of another.
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- noun one who
truckles
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect
Etymologies
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Examples
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There is no cowardly, dishonest, selfish politician -- be he who he may -- no trimmer and truckler to the times -- who will be forgotten.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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He knew the man, a preemptor of Folly Bay, a truckler to the cannery because he was always in debt to the cannery, -- and a quarrelsome individual besides, who took advantage of his size and strength to browbeat less able men.
Poor Man's Rock Bertrand W. Sinclair 1926
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This was highly disagreeable to him, as his whole nature tended to make him wish to be himself, to make him shrink from the part of the truckler and the sycophant which he was playing so haughtily and so artistically.
The Great God Success David Graham Phillips 1889
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To do this, it is not necessary for the Negro to become a truckler or a trimmer.
The Future of the American Negro Booker T. Washington 1885
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Basil made a point of speaking him fair, when his turn came, and the purser did not trample on him for a base truckler, as an American jack-in-office would have done.
Their Wedding Journey William Dean Howells 1878
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Basil made a point of speaking him fair, when his turn came, and the purser did not trample on him for a base truckler, as an American jack-in-office would have done.
Complete March Family Trilogy William Dean Howells 1878
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Still, if I believe that I can set going a better method of treatment -- if I believe that I can pursue certain observations and inquiries which may be a lasting benefit to medical practice, I should be a base truckler if I allowed any consideration of personal comfort to hinder me.
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Still, if I believe that I can set going a better method of treatment -- if I believe that I can pursue certain observations and inquiries which may be a lasting benefit to medical practice, I should be a base truckler if I allowed any consideration of personal comfort to hinder me.
Middlemarch George Eliot 1849
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a base truckler if I allowed any consideration of personal comfort to hinder me.
Middlemarch 1871
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