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noun
1.
a servile follower; toady.
2.
a footman or liveried manservant.
verb (used with object)
3.
to attend as a lackey does.
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Lackeys
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Also, lacquey.
Origin:
1520–30; < Middle French laquais, perhaps < Catalan lacayo, alacayo < ?
1520–30; < Middle French laquais, perhaps < Catalan lacayo, alacayo < ?
Related forms
un·lack·eyed, adjective
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