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
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
He has called himself "chief choreboy," "high-toned flunkey," "official spokesman," "official adviser," but he holds no legal post from which he can be kicked out.
From Time Magazine Archive
Trotted out there—making a reg'lar show of a man; not a doubt but what that flunkey knew all about it.
From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 by Trollope, Frances Eleanor
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