apple polisher

Henrikson had been Grant's main man, his apple polisher.

The quintessential yes man and the quintessential apple polisher.

Apple polisher is US slang for a sycophant.

The ones I'd met already thought I was an apple polisher, and I didn't want to add to my reputation.

Rebels and cynics don't adapt as well to enforced conformity as obedient apple polishers.

"We call young men living with their wives' families in urban areas apple polishers, meaning they are always trying to be more considerate of their wives' needs.

And Mr. Broderick always gives us a glimpse into the anxious, fragile side of this wide-eyed apple polisher with an ingenuous smirk.

AZRAEL Ever the apple polisher.

"Bitter Sugar," the story of his transformation from a Communist apple polisher into a would-be assassin of Mr. Castro, never quite finds its balance.

When the president asked how confident he was, Mr. Tenet, premier apple polisher, gave Mr. Bush the answer he wanted to hear: "Don't worry, it's a slam dunk!"

These understandable human reactions have to be channelled against the waffler, and the apple polisher: the man or woman who by verbal skills seeks to evade taking a position, or even in some cases actually saying anything at all.

Chris O'Donnell ("Batman & Robin") plays Jason Payne, a workaholic apple polisher in a high-powered firm who greets his wife and child at breakfast by demanding to know what they did with his BlackBerry.

While the Bushies have been trying to reassure the right that W. knows Harry's heart, that she's a good Christian church lady who will vote in a way that will please them, Harry is probably working herself up to a good grudge against all those meanies who are savaging her as a lightweight apple polisher.