different between toadying vs truckling

toadying

English

Verb

toadying

  1. present participle of toady

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truckling

English

Adjective

truckling (comparative more truckling, superlative most truckling)

  1. Apt to truckle, often fawning, obsequious, ingratiating.

Verb

truckling

  1. present participle of truckle

Noun

truckling (plural trucklings)

  1. fawning; ingratiation
    • 1842, Charles Dickens, American Notes
      Despicable trickery at elections; under-handed tamperings with public officers; cowardly attacks upon opponents, with scurrilous newspapers for shields, and hired pens for daggers; shameful trucklings to mercenary knaves []

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