lackey
noun
a servile follower; toady.
lackeying
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present participleof lackey.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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This common body Like to a vagabond Flag upon the stream Goes to and back, lackeying the varying tide, To rot itself with motion.
From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Henry Nicholson Ellacombe
This common body, Like to a vagabond flag upon the stream, Goes to and back, lackeying the varying tide, To rot itself with motion.
From Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
His mind was lackeying Persis, who knew so many people and was having so good a time.
From What Will People Say? A novel by Rupert Hughes
Lo! this loud, lackeying praise Will stay behind to greet the usurping moon, When they have cloud-barred over thee the West.
From New Poems by Francis Thompson
To him, too, the multitude— …This common body, Like to a vagabond flag upon the stream, Goes to, and back, lackeying the varying tide To rot itself with motion.
From Shakspere and Montaigne by Jacob Feis
