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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Apparently, this idiom has opacified to the point that some users don’t get the excremental reference of ‘brown.’ Or perhaps a really enthusiastic sycophant uses more of his face than just his nose. 100+ ghits:
Conservative Joe wrote: I can’t stand Rutherford. He is a poltically correct brow-noser.
freedominion.com.pa/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=340608
must be nice to be a total egotistical nerd as well as be Dr Silvia’s brow-noser.
www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=461762
I’m not a brow noser, so I’ve been overlooked for 18 years, it’s par for the course and I’m okay with that.
allnurses.com/lpn-lvn…/passed-boards-have-426860-page5.html
First off Big Fish, you are one pathetic, whininy little brow-noser.
ww2gamer.com/smf/index.php?topic=4941.0
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