cire-pompes

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French

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Etymology

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From cirer les pompes; morphologically, cirer +‎ pompe (shoe).

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Noun

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cire-pompes m or f by sense (plural cire-pompes)

  1. (informal) brown noser (one who brownnoses)
    Synonyms: lèche-bottes, (vulgar) lèche-cul