flunky
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Is it fair to say this starts in December 2021, when you called one of Landry’s aides a flunky?
From Slate • Oct. 20, 2023
"But," the flunky chortles, "I think it won't come to that."
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2022
Moreover, whereas their “Orient Express” had the detective prize integrity above all else, in this one he’s happy to be bought, taking on flunky jobs that earlier Poirots declined.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2022
Goaded by his chief flunky, he flies into a rage, assuming the woman is laughing at him.
From Salon • Feb. 8, 2020
He was the Assistant Headmaster of the school but actually served as a flunky for the Head.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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