flunkey

[ fluhng-kee ]

/ ˈflʌŋ ki /

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noun, plural flun·keys.

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flun·key·ism, noun

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May I come in through the window, or shall I have myself announced by a supercilious flunkey?
The Circle|W. Somerset Maugham
Now he must see us, as we saw him and his smooth, smug, flunkey's face to the whites of its upturned eyes!
Witching Hill|E. W. Hornung
The flunkey in the hall was evidently expecting his arrival.
The Fall of a Nation|Thomas Dixon
Most likely this was the husband whom at Yalta, in a rush of bitter feeling, she had called a flunkey.
The Lady With The Dog and Other Stories|Anton Chekhov

My inexperience, my appearance—so unlike a flunkey—and my illness, seemed to her pitiful and excited her disgust.
The Lady With The Dog and Other Stories|Anton Chekhov

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