quiller, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

quiller n.

also quilloid

[one who ‘sucks up’ (i.e. through a quill, the precursor of the modern straw)]

a toady, a parasite.

1864, 1867, 1870		Hotten Sl. Dict.
1905		‘West Point Sl.’ in Howitzer (US Milit. Academy) 292–5: Quill — (Verb) To endeavor to bonebootlick in any form. Quilloid — One who quills.