What does "spaniel" mean?
Spaniel: A cringing, fawning person. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.Cringing; fawning. Shak.
- 3.To fawn; to cringe; to be obsequious. [R.] Churchill.
- 4.To follow like a spaniel. [R.]
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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