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flunky noun
or flunkey /ˈflʌŋki/
plural flunkies or flunkeys
flunky
noun
or flunkey /ˈflʌŋki/
plural flunkies or flunkeys
Learner's definition of FLUNKY
[count] informal + disapproving
: a person who does small jobs for someone powerful or important小卒子;跑腿的

flunky

noun

flun·​ky ˈfləŋ-kē How to pronounce flunky (audio)
variants or less commonly flunkey or flunkie
plural flunkies also flunkeys
1
a
: a liveried servant
b
: one performing menial or miscellaneous duties
2

Example Sentences

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
Recent Examples on the Web And Julia’s cousin, the feckless Lord Cassidy (Oliver Jackson-Cohen), is amusing as a flunky for Julia’s demands. Natalia Winkelman, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2022 Earlier this month, former Chancellor and longtime Putin flunky Gerhard Schroeder was nominated to join the board of Gazprom, the company behind the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 28 Feb. 2022 In a memorable death scene, Moe is confronted by Joey, Candy’s abusive ex, who’s working as a Soviet flunky. Mark Jacobson, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2021 To Davis, practically everyone was a flunky, from MVA clerk to Target cashier. Washington Post, 23 May 2021 Far from embracing Western-style market reforms, Xi calcified state control over the economy and stocked its bureaucracy with flunkies and yes-men. Charlie Campbell, Time, 6 Feb. 2020 My job is to be a journalist, not a flunky and a propaganda arm for your criminal behavior and corruption. Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2019 Robert Mueller’s simultaneously defining himself as helpless Justice Department flunky and supreme arbiter of the Constitution is above all another romp in the murk. Kevin Baker, Harper's magazine, 19 Aug. 2019 Hollywood has Rick unwittingly intercept the Manson flunkies, which changes their path. Jesse Hassenger, The Verge, 1 Aug. 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

Scots, of unknown origin

First Known Use

circa 1782, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of flunky was circa 1782

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