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Kowtow   Listen
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Kowtow  n.  (Also spelled kotow)  The prostration made by mandarins and others to their superiors, either as homage or worship, by knocking the forehead on the ground; same as Kotow. There are degrees in the rite, the highest being expressed by three knockings. (China)





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"Kowtow" Quotes from Famous Books



... not to laugh in his face is penance for my sins. A Dutchman, a bullet-headed clod from Bavaria, the land of sausage, beer, and daschunds; and this shall be written Napoleon IV! Ye gods, what farce, comedy, vaudeville! But, there was always that hope: if he found the money he would divide it. So, kowtow, kowtow! Opera bouffe!" ...
— A Splendid Hazard • Harold MacGrath


Words linked to "Kowtow" :   blandish, bootlick, flatter, obeisance, curry favour, genuflect, truckle, scrape, court favor, kotow, suck up, toady, court favour, curry favor


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