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单词 tuft hunter
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Definition of tuft hunter in English:

tuft hunter

noun
informal

  • A sycophantic or obsequious person.

    〈非正式〉阿谀奉承的人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There are, it is true, toadies and tuft hunters among boys as among men.
    • It branded him 'profligate', 'underbred', a 'modern tuft hunter', and 'as completely a Plebeian in his mind as he is in his rank and station in society'.
    • Indeed, he had been reproached by his more bohemian brothers of the brush for being something of a tuft hunter - most unjustly.

Origin

Mid 18th century: originally used with reference to the ‘tufts’ or gold tassels formerly worn by titled Oxbridge undergraduates.
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