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Kotow   Listen
noun
Kotow  n.  (Also spelled kowtow)  Same as kowtow, the more common spellings. (China)


verb
Kotow  v. i.  (past & past part. kotowed; pres. part. kotowing)  
1.
To perform the kotow. Now usually spelled kowtow. (Also spelled kowtow)
2.
To defer to another in a servile or humiliating manner; to act obsequiously.





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"Kotow" Quotes from Famous Books



... brow In a truly celestial bow, Saluted her father with filial grace, and made him the grand kotow. (For every child that's bright Knows well the rule that's right, That to knock your head on the ground nine times is the way ...
— Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) - Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales • Various


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