腰こし巾ぎん着ちゃく

noun

hanger-on; follower; flunky; sycophant

Derogatory term for someone who constantly follows and flatters a more powerful person, like a toady or lackey. The image is of a purse (巾着) tied to one's waist, always attached.

• 彼かれは社しゃ長ちょうの腰こし巾ぎん着ちゃくで、いつも後うしろをくっついて歩あるいている。

  He's the president's hanger-on, always tagging along behind him.

• あの政せい治じ家かの周まわりには腰こし巾ぎん着ちゃくがたくさんいる。

  That politician is surrounded by sycophants.

noun

waist pouch; purse strapped around the waist

Original literal meaning: a small drawstring purse or pouch worn at the waist, common in the Edo period. Now mostly historical or used in period contexts.

• 時じ代だい劇げきでは、腰こし巾ぎん着ちゃくに小こ銭ぜにを入いれている。

  In period dramas, they keep coins in a waist pouch.