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



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