Apple polisher singular noun
Used to refer to a person who flatters people who are powerful
My coworker is an apple polisher. She always know how to please our boss.
Justin has a reputation for an apple polisher. He brings his professors gifts after gifts so that they will show him more favor.
My kid often compliments my cooking. What an apple polisher!
A sycophant.
Plural noun: apple polisher
To have no money
He does not have two beans to rub together.