flunkey
Americannoun
plural
flunkeysOther Word Forms
- flunkeyism noun
Example Sentences
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“Whether the leak came from The London Clinic, or from a flunkey who had been loose-lipped, remains unclear,” the Ephraim Hardcastle column said.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2024
He most notably featured on several Coen brothers films, including playing a studio flunkey in Barton Fink, a gangster in Miller’s Crossing, and a private investigator in the Big Lebowski.
From The Guardian • Sep. 2, 2016
He has called himself "chief choreboy," "high-toned flunkey," "official spokesman," "official adviser," but he holds no legal post from which he can be kicked out.
From Time Magazine Archive
As its portals flashed open before him, he tossed his battered felt hat to a flunkey and bellowed questions and commands in a rich throaty voice.
From Time Magazine Archive
After I had sat there about an hour, a flunkey came in and said, “You can go home, Mr Ivanovitch; the director has already gone out!”
From The Mantle and Other Stories by Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich
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