Originally posted on 11/15/2019:
sycophantI would say both fit you dead nuts.
[ˈsikəˌfant, ˈsikəfənt]
NOUN
- a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage.
In the old days, mining camps would hold boxing matches on holidays; the winner got money, the loser got a ham and egg meal. Many miners with poor boxing skills would enter the competition just for the ham and egg meal, these were called 'Ham and Eggers