1 definition by Bootstraps

One who attempts to curry favor with authority for personal gain.

Derived from the old tradition of the families of pupils expressing their appreciation for a teacher's thankless work by providing them with meals, which eventually diminished to the symbolic polished apple.
Who're you callin' 'ingenious', you punk-ass apple polisher? Drop and gimme twenty!
by Bootstraps September 14, 2006
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