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Meanings of stooge in English

Catalan
rentacares
Spanish
pelota

A person of unquestioning obedience.

rentacares
Catalan
riota
Spanish
risa

A victim of ridicule or pranks.

riota
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Examples for "flunkey"
Examples for "flunkey"
1
The moment I decided to do it a flunkey called me in.
Shadows in Bronze
2
In my flunkey's swallow-tail I felt as though I were in armour.
The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories
3
There's nothing of the flunkey in this, or I greatly deceive myself.
Born in Exile
4
P.S.- Ishouldnot like to be a real flunkey all my life.
The Argosy, Vol. 51, No. 6, June, 1891
5
She treated me as a flunkey, a being of a lower order.
The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories
1
You mean to be a flunky, just like the rest of them.
Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat: A Story of Travel and Ad...
2
Jason, werewolf, flunky, sometimes voluntary appetizer to the undead, was with her.
Burnt Offerings
3
But he is a flunky, and spoiled all our fun in the Josephine.
Down the Rhine; Or, Young America in Germany
4
Martin said Morrison was a low-level flunky with a puffed-up title.
The Kingmaker
5
The flunky looked her in the eye for one long moment.
Caliban's War
1
He's a yes-man without any moral compass, and-He stopped himself.
Fragile Eternity
2
No yes-man he; when my shit's not right, he never hesitates to tell me.
Finders Keepers
3
A dubious little field surgeon, an opportunistic yes-man!
The hangman's daughter
4
He was more than just a yes-man.
Perdido Street Station
5
But we didn't want a yes-man.
Suck it, wonder woman!: the misadventures of a hollywood geek
Usage of stooge in English
1
The theft was an attempt to blackmail me into becoming their stooge.
The Kingmaker
2
He has been called a buffoon, a madman and a Kremlin stooge.
The Irish Times
3
Me, being a corporate, capitalist stooge? He gave a completely phony laugh.
Colorado abduction
4
A newly appointed stooge Supreme Court would soon help him with the rule-bending.
The duel: pakistan on the flight path of american power
5
Morrison was too vain to believe anybody could use him as a stooge.
The Kingmaker
6
Powell to staff: Our stooge was looking for bribery recorded in Monarch's books.
The Demolished Man
7
Because of ties with France, he has been painted as a French stooge.
Reuters
8
You have got to assure them you're sincere and not an American stooge.
Reuters
9
I'm a stooge, a defender of the indefensible, a barbarian even.
The Irish Times
10
The stooge couldn't seem to take his eyes off the floor.
The capitol game
11
Because of his ties with France, he has been painted as a French stooge.
Reuters
12
You wouldn't want to stooge around too long and let them pick you up.
The big bite
13
If you need a stooge, you'd better send for one.
White Hunter, Black Heart
14
The roles of the two were obvious; he was her stooge, caretaker, and gofer.
Mooch
15
See one more One PP stooge trying to sink me?
Driving Heat
16
Because maybe Caine was a stooge, a distraction for anyone trying to follow Bassarid's trail.
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