lacquey

[lak-ee]

noun

plural

lacqueys , lacqueyed, lacqueying .

1. a variant of lackey.

Example Sentences

The lacquey retired by a door opposite, leaving a smile upon the faces of his fellows at the lecture he had received; and after being absent not more than a minute, he re-opened the door, saying, "Follow me, noble sir; Sir Philip will see you."

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Thiers would have showered upon the head of the Imperial lacquey a whole fiery cornucopia of sarcasm and sharp invective, and De Cassagnac would have gone home rather proud of having drawn down upon his head the angry eloquence of the great Orleanist orator.

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From the station of a lacquey, an Italian who can amass riches, may rise to that of duke.

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It is better to be a lord than a lacquey to a lord!

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"Indeed?" he said contemptuously, looking at me as I should look at a lacquey.

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