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Meanings of flunkey in inglés

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A person of unquestioning obedience.

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        Examples for "lackey"
        Examples for "lackey"
        1
        A lackey in red livery would usher the strangers into the audience-chamber.
        Manasseh: A Romance of Transylvania
        2
        So we arrived together at the door where the red lackey stood.
        The Making of an American
        3
        Jacob Zuma has already stepped into to try and save his lackey.
        The South African
        4
        I'm Oberon's favorite lackey, but I can only push him so far.
        The iron king
        5
        The signs do not look promising for the former Zuma lackey, though.
        The South African
        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
        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 flunkey in inglés
        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
        6
        Shakespeare was a sycophant, a flunkey if you will, but nothing worse.
        The Man Shakespeare and His Tragic Life Story
        7
        The court flunkey's voice rose slightly from beside the window, answering a question.
        The devil she knows
        8
        A flunkey from the camp kitchen served the meal and cleared it away.
        Big Timber: A Story of the Northwest
        9
        The flunkey referred her to Count Rechberg, the aide-de-camp on duty.
        The Magnificent Montez: From Courtesan to Convert
        10
        He even judged her movement quite natural, for he was a flunkey born.
        Hilda Lessways
        11
        A flunkey soon after appeared with half-a-crown, and the amateur coachman drove away.
        A Simpleton
        12
        Your dream and rest is over; for are you not the general's flunkey?
        On the Heels of De Wet
        13
        You take 'em yourself, bo-dothe flunkey work and look wise.
        The Thunder Bird
        14
        That I am a flunkey whom you can insult without restraint?
        The Schoolmaster and Other Stories
        15
        My husband may be a good, honest man, but he is a flunkey!
        The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories
        16
        Such a menial task is usually reserved for a flunkey.
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        español
        pelota
        Flunkey through the time
        Flunkey across language varieties
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