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Kotow   Listen
noun
Kotow  n.  (Also spelled kowtow)  Same as kowtow, the more common spellings. (China)


verb
Kotow  v. i.  (past & past part. kotowed; pres. part. kotowing)  
1.
To perform the kotow. Now usually spelled kowtow. (Also spelled kowtow)
2.
To defer to another in a servile or humiliating manner; to act obsequiously.





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"Kotow" Quotes from Famous Books



... with a hint of laughter in his heavy voice and laying a not ungentle hand on her blazing cheeks. "D' ye think I care if you want to kneel and kotow like other idiots? If you're that kind—and I suppose you are, being a ...
— The Madigans • Miriam Michelson


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