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alt. (present participle of bow and scrape English) n. obsequious or deferential behaviour. vb. (present participle of bow and scrape English)
Usage examples of "bowing and scraping".
Berg and Vera could not repress their smiles of satisfaction at the sight of all this movement in their drawing room, at the sound of the disconnected talk, the rustling of dresses, and the bowing and scraping.
It was absolutely dreamUe to watch Haindl and the other SS thugs in ill-fitting suits, ties, and felt hats bowing and scraping to us Elders, helping us in and out of our chauffeured cars, stepping aside smilingly for Jewish women in the cara-s, in the streets, or in corridors.
They saw Skalgr less frequently, but he was forever hobnobbing with the Myrkriddir and bowing and scraping fatuously before Myrkjartan.
And you don't advance your career long-term by bowing and scraping when some boring old fart like Melrose snaps his fingers.
A good fellow he is--all sorts of a man--bowing and scraping to the ladies, nodding to the gentlemen, cursing the crew, and his right eye broad-cast upon the 'opposition line,' all at the same time.
Martin to them, with plenty of bowing and scraping and general subservience.
If they did not leave Cairhien soon, Hurin would be bowing and scraping left and right.
Faile said he had to live with all the Lord Perrining and bowing and scraping, and most of the time he managed to ignore it, but today it was another drop of bile.