Word of the Day
truckle (v)
To yield or bend obsequiously to another's will; to submit, give in; to creep.
"You must never truckle to the Colonel's whims, Miranda," Mrs. Chuzzlewit warned, "or you will surely end up crushed beneath the grinding heel of his boot." She paused, searching for the proper simile. "Like one of his malodorous cigar butts."
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