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| pull one's forelock to (KroshkaTse); tug one's forelock to (Traditionally, the working classes tugged their forelock to show respect to the upper classes, a bit like saying, ‘Gor bless you, sir,' but visible as the exalted personage passes. It can now only be used in an ironic sense, as here: those who tug their forelock are those who say ‘yes sir, of course sir' to the political master. KroshkaTse) | |||
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