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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Clawback \Claw"back'\, noun A flatterer or sycophant. [Obs.] ''Take heed of these clawbacks.'' --Latimer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Clawback \Claw"back'\, adjective Flattering; sycophantic. [Obs.]
Like a clawback parasite. --Bp. Hall.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Clawback \Claw"back'\, verb (used with an object) To flatter. [Obs.] --Warner.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
clawback
noun: finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way; "the Treasury will find some clawback for the extra benefits members received"
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