variants
or less commonly flunkey
or flunkie
plural flunkies also flunkeys
1
a
: a liveried servant
b
: one performing menial or miscellaneous duties
2
: yes-man
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Examples of flunky in a Sentence
If he can't go himself, he'll send one of his flunkies.
since I'm just the flunky who files his papers, I've no idea where he is
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No matter what spec-chart flunkies might say about a car that merely hits 60 mph in 3.1 seconds, GT 63 proved as ferocious and exhilarating as any front-engine GT car available, whether German, Italian or English.
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Mark Ewing, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Jin and his other flunkies excuse themselves, but Tetsu keeps Botan there to question him.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 24 July 2024
By quieting the clamor among the offended Giants, Mays was not acting as a flunky for his white manager.
—Aram Goudsouzian / Made By History, TIME, 25 June 2024
One fib could land him in jail with the rest of his flunkies.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 25 May 2024
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Mark Ewing, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Jin and his other flunkies excuse themselves, but Tetsu keeps Botan there to question him.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 24 July 2024
By quieting the clamor among the offended Giants, Mays was not acting as a flunky for his white manager.
—Aram Goudsouzian / Made By History, TIME, 25 June 2024
One fib could land him in jail with the rest of his flunkies.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 25 May 2024
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“Flunky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flunky. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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