flunkey
Americannoun
plural
flunkeysOther Word Forms
- flunkeyism noun
Example Sentences
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“Whether the leak came from The London Clinic, or from a flunkey who had been loose-lipped, remains unclear,” the Ephraim Hardcastle column said.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2024
He most notably featured on several Coen brothers films, including playing a studio flunkey in Barton Fink, a gangster in Miller’s Crossing, and a private investigator in the Big Lebowski.
From The Guardian • Sep. 2, 2016
When Deputies straggled back to their desks, they found a flunkey struggling up to the tribune with a heavy pedestal, its top padded with red plush.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a club a testy gentleman behind whose favorite armchair a bomb has just torn a gaping hole in floor and ceiling reproves an anxious flunkey: "I'm perfectly aware of that."
From Time Magazine Archive
But somehow I preferred to serve Marion as a flunkey, rather than dine with any other woman in the world.
From First Person Paramount by Pratt, Ambrose
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