flunky
noun
a male servant in livery.
flunkies
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pluralof flunky.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He had furloughed people who handled such things during the partial government shutdown over immigration, and since he famously lacks patience, Hegseth sent a couple of flunkies to retrieve the historic object immediately.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
Appointing flunkies or other easily controlled subordinates creates a similar problem.
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2022
I’m slightly sorry for the royal flunkies who had to issue this line, given that most of us are suffering eyeball strain from all the rolling we’re doing.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 23, 2019
Said Lori: “She gave me that line! What she’s missing is, ‘I don’t deal with flunkies.’
From Washington Post ● Nov. 28, 2018
Xenocrates had a full retinue of assistants and flunkies in the outside world to help him go about his business, but here in his home, he didn’t have as much as a single servant.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
