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Flunky   Listen
noun
Flunky  n.  (pl. flunkies)  (Written also flunkey)  
1.
A contemptuous name for a liveried servant or a footman.
2.
One who is obsequious or cringing; a snob.
3.
One easily deceived in buying stocks; an inexperienced and unwary jobber. (Cant, U.S.)





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"Flunky" Quotes from Famous Books



... now with the majority of the boys, I think he was mean enough to enjoy the discomfiture of Mr. Parasyte, for there can be no real respect or true sympathy in the relation of one flunky with another. ...
— Breaking Away - or The Fortunes of a Student • Oliver Optic
... Republic. His other hand is in your boot, which he is about to polish. It is impossible to turn a fellow-citizen whose vote may make his master—say, rather, employer—Governor or President, or who may be one or both himself, into a flunky. That article must be imported ready-made from other centres of civilization. When a New-Englander has lost his self-respect as a citizen and as a man, he is demoralized, and cannot be trusted with the money to pay for ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 31, May, 1860 • Various
... them to the palatial residence the missing broker had occupied, and a ring at the bell brought a negro flunky ...
— The Bradys Beyond Their Depth - The Great Swamp Mystery • Anonymous


Words linked to "Flunky" :   yes-man, servant, stooge, retainer, pushover


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