Definitions
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- noun An
underling ; a contemptuous name for a liveried servant or a footman; servant, retainer – a person working in the service of another (especially in the household) - noun One who is
obsequious orcringing ; asnob .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a male servant (especially a footman)
- noun a person of unquestioning obedience
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Examples
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What Europe does not need is a leader who has been proved a "flunkey" of US Foreign
OpEdNews - Diary: Tony Blair for EU President? No, Thanks! 2009
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May I slip it into the post-box myself, or do I have to call a flunkey, present him with a dollar, and respectfully request him to insert it in the slit for me? "
A Court of Inquiry 1912
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English public was set down as composed of sham heroes, and a valet or 'flunkey' world. "
On the Choice of Books Thomas Carlyle 1838
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Card ... you are a loser that W counted on to be a flunkey.
Former Bush chief of staff likely to run for Kennedy seat 2009
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Later that evening Luís Figo and company looked on askance as their new team-mate permitted a Japanese flunkey to protect his head from teeming rain by dashing on to the pitch with an umbrella at the final whistle.
Even David Beckham could learn a thing or two from Craig Bellamy 2010
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You want them to have the chance to become the boss, not the flunkey, and that means they need to learn to rest -- now.
Matthew Edlund, M.D.: The Young and the Rested: Why Kids Need Enough Sleep 2010
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You want them to have the chance to become the boss, not the flunkey, and that means they need to learn to rest -- now.
Matthew Edlund, M.D.: The Young and the Rested: Why Kids Need Enough Sleep 2010
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That guy was the appointed head of a major US government agency who thought his post was important enough that he ought to be sworn in by a constitutional official of the US government rather than by a flunkey.
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You want them to have the chance to become the boss, not the flunkey, and that means they need to learn to rest -- now.
Matthew Edlund, M.D.: The Young and the Rested: Why Kids Need Enough Sleep 2010
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You want them to have the chance to become the boss, not the flunkey, and that means they need to learn to rest -- now.
Matthew Edlund, M.D.: The Young and the Rested: Why Kids Need Enough Sleep 2010
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