flunky
Use Flunky in a sentence
ki noun, plural flun·kies.
1.
a male servant in livery.
2.
an assistant who does menial work.
3.
a toady; yes-man.
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| —n , pl flunkies, flunkeys | |
| 1. | a servile or fawning person |
| 2. | a person who performs menial tasks |
| 3. | derogatory usually a manservant in livery |
| [C18: of unknown origin] | |
| flunkey or flunkey | |
| —n | |
| [C18: of unknown origin] | |
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Flunky
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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Word Origin & History
flunky
1782, Scottish dial., "footman, liveried servant," of uncertain origin, perhaps a dim. variant of flanker. Sense of "flatterer, toady" first recorded 1855.
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Example sentences
He buzzes for a flunky, who spares his boss the indignity of picking up the pink ring binders piled on the floor.
He's the boss, because there's this history of them doing these deals, and he's a flunky and he's the boss.
There's more as a flunky hanging around a pro basketball player.
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