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flunkies

flunkies is the plural of flunkey.

flunkies is the plural of flunky.

Meaning of flunkey

Noun

flunkey (plural flunkeys or flunkies)

  1. (derogatory) An underling; a liveried servant or a footman; servant, retainer – a person working in the service of another (especially in the household).
    • “One marble hall, with staircase complete, one butler and three flunkeys to receive a retired sojer who dares to ring the bell. D'you know, old boy, I gave my bowler to the butler, whangee to one flunkey, gloves to another, and there was the fourth poor blighter looking like an orphan at a Mothers'...1929, Baldwyn Dyke Acland, chapter 2, in Filibuster
  2. An unpleasant, snobby or cringeworthy person.

Meaning of flunky

Noun

flunky (plural flunkies)

  1. (derogatory, slang) A person who always agrees with their superior or employer.
    Synonyms:
    yes man, lackey
  2. One performing menial or miscellaneous duties.

Questions about flunkies

What is flunkies the plural of?
Flunkies is the plural of flunkey.

Words near flunkies in the dictionary

  1. flunkeyish
  2. flunkeyism
  3. flunkeyistic
  4. flunkeys
  5. flunkie
  6. flunkies
  7. flunking
  8. flunking out
  9. flunkout
  10. flunkouts
  11. flunks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flunkies (page history and authors); flunkey (page history and authors); flunky (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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