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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



... conducts all negotiation and correspondence with other governments and according to the Constitution he receives ambassadors and foreign ministers. Now you might possibly think that that meant only that he must have a flunky at the White House to take their cards—but it means a good deal more. He appoints ambassadors and ministers to other countries and instructs them. He receives the diplomatic representatives from other countries and does business with them. He construes treaties and asserts the rights of our ...
— Ethics in Service • William Howard Taft
... behind the benches in search of vacant places when suddenly an undersized flunky stumbled awkwardly, dropping the coffee-pot, which sent a wash of steaming brown ...
— The Promise - A Tale of the Great Northwest • James B. Hendryx
... to the palatial residence the missing broker had occupied, and a ring at the bell brought a negro flunky to ...
— The Bradys Beyond Their Depth - The Great Swamp Mystery • Anonymous
... and being 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


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