Meanings
verb
alternative scraping and bowing
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of bow and scrape
nounbowing and scraping (countable and uncountable, plural bowings and scrapings)
plural bowings and scrapings · alternative scraping and bowing
- countableuncountableObsequious or deferential behaviour.
Translations
Italian salamelecco
- salameleccoobsequious or deferential behaviour
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bowing and scraping. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bowing%20and%20scraping
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“bowing and scraping.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bowing%20and%20scraping. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bowing and scraping,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bowing%20and%20scraping.
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