Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. 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)
- n. One who is obsequious or cringing; a snob.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a male servant (especially a footman)
- n. a person of unquestioning obedience
Examples
“What Europe does not need is a leader who has been proved a "flunkey" of US Foreign”
“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? ”
“English public was set down as composed of sham heroes, and a valet or 'flunkey' world. ”
“Card ... you are a loser that W counted on to be a flunkey.”
“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.”
The Guardian: Even David Beckham could learn a thing or two from Craig Bellamy
“You want them to have the chance to become the boss, not the flunkey, and that means they need to learn to rest -- now.”
The Huffington Post: Matthew Edlund, M.D.: The Young and the Rested: Why Kids Need Enough Sleep
“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.”
“Taura is accused of a murder she didn't commit by Bantor (Ross Hagen), chief flunkey of the all-powerful Inquisitor (Aldo Ray).”
“He's apparently had some flunkey issue a few words of scorn to the protestors.”
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...
“When I teach Brit Lit I, for example, I typically have one or two students for whom "lord" always and everywhere means "God"; they'll raise their hands and start talking earnestly about what a religious man a given servant or flunkey or knight must be--because the author keeps talking about his relationship with his lord.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘flunkey’.
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Orwellian Purism
Words and phrases George Orwell criticizes in his essay 'Politics and the English Language'.
ring the changes on, take up the cudge..., toe the line, ride roughshod over, stand shoulder to..., play into the han..., no axe to grind, grist to the mill, fishing in troubl..., on the order of t..., Achilles’ heel, swan song and 162 more...
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unk knowns
bunk, chipmunk, junkyard, funk, junket, crunk, chunk, kerplunk, hunk, preshrunk, spunk, countersunk and 53 more...
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Forgotten English 1
jacal, mastaba, lucarne, quoin, triglyph, gargarice, nimgimmer, phrenologize, fleam, eaglestone, toad eater, king's evil and 156 more...
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Diet
scamp, plucky, countenance, toddle, wither, jade, bobbish, obtuse, fatuity, puisne, insipid, palpable and 66 more...
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