Cringer. World English Historical Dictionary

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[f. as prec. + -ER1.] One who cringes; an obsequious or servile creature.

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1597.  1st Pt. Return fr. Parnass., IV. i. 1236. This ladye-munger, this meere rapier and dagger, this cringer.

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a. 1649.  Drumm. of Hawth., Σκιαμαχια, Wks. (1711), 199. Cringers to Crucifixes, Approvers of Purgatory.

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1799.  W. Taylor, in Monthly Rev., XXIX. 102. Cringers to fortune, birth and power.

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1859.  Sala, Tw. round Clock (1861), 336. The decorations that are shared by footmen and backstairs cringers.

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