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clawback |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Clawback \Claw"back`\, n. A flatterer or sycophant. [Obs.] ``Take heed of these clawbacks.'' --Latimer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Clawback \Claw"back`\, a. Flattering; sycophantic. [Obs.] Like a clawback parasite. --Bp. Hall. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Clawback \Claw"back`\, v. t. To flatter. [Obs.] --Warner. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: clawback n : (British) 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"
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