kowtowing
English
Noun
kowtowing (plural kowtowings)
- The act of one who kowtows; a submissive bow.
- 1910, Robert Ames Bennet, The Shogun's Daughter
- Yoritomo met their smiles and kowtowings and noisy insuckings of breath with an austere dignity that I took pains to imitate.
- 1910, Robert Ames Bennet, The Shogun's Daughter
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