Crossword-Solution: KOWTOWING
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ERTEA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with KOWTOWING (5)
Forward, the coolies were already burning joss-sticks on the fo'castle head, kowtowing their foreheads to the deck.
You three had better eat with me to-day." Of course, we knew that this was an especial favor, and thanked her by kowtowing before we commenced to eat.
The Dragon Boat Festival will be here next month and I will make some pretty gowns for you." I thanked her by kowtowing to the ground and told her that I would be only too pleased to change into Manchu clothes, but having lived so many years abroad, and having always worn foreign clothes, I had not had any made.
All the Chinese adopt this rule of kowtowing to their parents on their own birthdays, as a sign of reverence and respect.
When this ceremony of receiving the Ministers was concluded, the Emperor proceeded to his private Palace, where the Young Empress (his wife), the Secondary wife and all the Court ladies were gathered, and, after kowtowing, all of the Court ladies present, led by the Young Empress, knelt before him and presented him with a Ru Yee.
Quotes with KOWTOWING (2)
In case anyone needs reminding, it was the relentless drive of the tourism industry and kowtowing State Department bureaucrats that led to the Bush-era Visa Express Program, which relaxed visa policies, eliminated in-person consulate interviews and opened the door to the 9/11 hijackers.
I don't like grand restaurants or kowtowing waiters. I don't need that kind of attention and I don't want it.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2023).