Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Clawback

Clawback , noun

A flatterer or sycophant. [Obsolete]
Take heed of these clawbacks. — Latimer

Clawback , adjective

Flattering; sycophantic. [Obsolete]
Like a clawback parasite. — Bp. Hall

Clawback , transitive verb

To flatter. [Obsolete] — Warner