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chamcha.

A sycophant and hanger-on or lackey.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A sycophant and hanger-on or lackey.

    India · South-Asia · colloquial · informal
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi चमचा (camcā) / Urdu چَمْچَہ (camca, “yesman, sycophant, hanger-on, lackey, pet, puppet, stooge”, literally “spoon”)), from Classical Persian چَمْچَه (čamča), from Turkic, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kamïč,.

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