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Where do the expression "bootlicker" comes from?
This I've found:
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First appearing in the mid-19th century, “boot licker,” meaning a person so subservient that they figuratively lick the boots of their master, carries even stronger connotations of abject servility than “pot licker.”
http://www.word-detective.com/category/columns/september-2009/page/2/
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Origin:
1835–45, Americanism
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/boot-licker?qsrc=2446
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