flunkey
noun
flunkeys
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pluralof flunkey.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Still, some of the flunkeys are wearing pretty frocks so it’s all alright then.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 14, 2019
Known as flunkeys, they would walk on to the stage with stately ceremony, bow to the dancers, offer the flowers, step back, bow again and walk off with the same choreographed deliberation.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2014
The Queen has pots of money, flunkeys galore, a penchant for calling rabbits "bunny-wunnies" and no imagination whatsoever.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 22, 2012
To keep them happy, Hollywood studios maintain vast publicity departments filled with smooth-writing ex-reporters, quick-smiling "contact men," expert photographers, menial flunkeys.
From Time Magazine Archive
Look at flunkeys, for instance—decent chaps enough, some on ’em, till they gets a bit o’ lace on their hats, and then they’re as proud on it as a fresh-moulted cockatoo.
From Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches by George Manville Fenn
