| 单词 | flunkey |
| 例句 | Just a flunkey, a northern redneck, a Yankee cracker! Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z "Make up the fire," the Spanish king orders a flunkey. Fire Over England: the untold story of the Spanish Armada 2013-06-27T08:30:02Z The Queen has pots of money, flunkeys galore, a penchant for calling rabbits "bunny-wunnies" and no imagination whatsoever. Amnesty teen takeover: Debi Gliori's top 10 books with pictures that open your eyes to the world 2012-08-22T11:19:04Z Are we entertainers, public servants, speakers of truth to power or flunkeys on the outer edges of celebrity culture? Trump and the media: An outrageous celebu-candidate, plus the debased culture of journalism, produced this disaster 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z Patty will stop at nothing to get back what money she can for her clients: she'll lie, steal or have a flunkey chop a dog's head off. Damages 2010-05-28T07:00:00Z Trump led a counter-charge by branding Streep, probably Hollywood’s most revered actor, “overrated” and a Hillary Clinton “flunkey”, attack lines echoed by his supporters. Trump v Hollywood? Don't expect to see the culture war play out on screen 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Here was a team of flunkeys measuring the distance between a chair and a table. Rewind TV: The Lady Vanishes; It's Kevin; Our Queen – review 2013-03-23T22:45:01Z Now is the time to bump and grind/ Against my firm and smooth behind/ And Harry sends away his flunkey/ Hoping I will spank his monkey. Celebrate by Pippa Middleton – digested read 2012-10-28T18:30:01Z Known as flunkeys, they would walk on to the stage with stately ceremony, bow to the dancers, offer the flowers, step back, bow again and walk off with the same choreographed deliberation. The Rules and Hazards of Presenting Flowers in Ballet 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z It's full of testimony given under oath by dozens of Trump associates, flunkeys and administration officials that tells the story of a presidential campaign to defeat and undermine the Russia investigation. Trump will survive impeachment, for now: But make no mistake, this hurts him 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z Still, some of the flunkeys are wearing pretty frocks so it’s all alright then. ‘Makes Monty Python look like Panorama’: readers on the Queen's speech 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Donald Trump Jr., the president’s oldest son, posted a link on social media to an item that described the ambassador as “an anti-Trump, Obama flunkey.” Ukraine Envoy Says She Was Told Trump Wanted Her Out Over Lack of Trust 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z A government of nepotists, chancers, fools, flunkeys, flatterers, hypocrites, braggarts and whiners. Nigel Farage is the malign spectre haunting Boris Johnson’s new government | Nick Cohen 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z He has brushed aside official enquiries and replaced critics in the cabinet with flunkeys. Can a leopard change its spots? 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z His broad appeal, in a passionately religious country where most clerics are government-paid flunkeys, hints at a slowly rising discontent with authoritarian rule, they say. The Saturday Profile: Conservative Saudi Cleric’s Political Shift Leaves Many Perplexed 2014-04-04T15:10:40Z Schlumberger’s success highlights a shift in the balance of power between oil companies and their flunkeys. Oilfield services: The unsung masters of the oil industry 2012-07-19T15:02:30Z He delighted in conducting their camera flashes, triggering bursts of brilliant white light by pulling faces and striking poses while another flunkey translated his answers into Italian. Bolt wants improvement in Rome 2012-05-29T16:28:04Z Here's pleasant news," her father used to say, "my brother the Colonel has turned himself into a court flunkey. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z So, too, are all the flunkey class generally. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z The noble band of court flunkeys came along. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z "This foreign devil's flunkey shall increase the wisdom of the mighty Ling," he shouted. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z We had better turn upon the authorities, the flunkeys of the Czar——” “Do you hear what he says?” one of his listeners said, in perplexity, nudging the fellow by his side. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z His masterly impersonation of an unostentatious millionaire was not without its effect on the flunkeys of the Casino also. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z He drew a breath of relief when the flunkey disappeared, and left them standing in the spacious hall with its statues and plants. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z I hired what I call a "flunkey" suit, and paid forty-five francs for it. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z Then passing seven by seven before the chapel they had their cudgels blessed, received each man a candle from the hands of the flunkeys, and in exchange paid a demi-florin to the hermit. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z A huge travelling carriage was lying on its side; the coachman and two flunkeys stood outside it, apparently dazed, while from inside the carriage came heart-rending lamentations and cries. Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z We do not like to think of her as a mere flunkey of the Kaiser and the torch-bearer of his assassins. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z The doors were gaping wide—I walked all about; there were no door-keepers, no officers nor flunkeys, there wasn’t even a policeman to be seen. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z He was mistaken, however, for there stood a smart but pale-faced flunkey in a brown coat with gilt buttons. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z "Why, you are a flunkey," replied Usteantseff, as confidently as if he had possessed the right of calling Tchekounoff to order. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z He could not help observing how much better suited was this bowing and smirking American swindler to the rôle of a superior flunkey than to that of a British cavalry officer. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z The little Cockney ran his engine till the first flunkey returned and said things through the noise. The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z Every day he had a lovely little polyp boy killed for his dinner—for polyps are all cannibals—and if that meal didn’t please him, then he used to eat one of the flunkeys. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z The flunkey had a large parcel under his arm, which he appeared to be rather ashamed of. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z Yes, you are a flunkey; a true flunkey. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z In the hall Prince was hovering fatuously, assisted by a brace of tall flunkeys who fell under the General's critical gaze. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z "The flying wedge," announced the Maestro, in the tone of the knickerbockered flunkey ushering his Grace, the Lord Hunter of the Billion Mark, into the Reception Hall. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z Powdered flunkeys in silk stockings stood behind on the foot board, three on a prince's coach, two on a cardinal's. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z Bob uttered a low, ominous growl, and walked round behind the flunkey on a tour of inspection. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z Nothing can be conceived more perfect than the man and the 71 maid at the seaside—the girl, French from top to toe; the flunkey, a most perfect type of the class. John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 2011-07-10T02:00:25.223Z To which the latter would tranquilly reply that the rôle of universal flunkey was not congenial to his temperament. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z “You, James?” he said, coolly, to the trembling flunkey, who had not been many yards from the door during the interview. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z The flunkey wanted not to let me in, but I talked to him in such a way that he soon dropped his arms. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z The only comfort the flunkey had at that moment arose from the fact that his calves were stuffed with hay. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z "Not at home, sir," said the flunkey, with all imaginable coolness interrupting him. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z Trotted out there—making a reg'lar show of a man; not a doubt but what that flunkey knew all about it. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z “Quite right, quite right,” said a deep voice, whose owner entered behind the astonished flunkey. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z After I had sat there about an hour, a flunkey came in and said, “You can go home, Mr Ivanovitch; the director has already gone out!” The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z And the elegant flunkey lifted his hat and bowed. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z "Two louis, you knave, for getting me that audience now, at once, or my flunkey's stick across your shoulders if you fool me any longer." Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z But somehow I preferred to serve Marion as a flunkey, rather than dine with any other woman in the world. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z "Cruel condition, when the very flunkeys feel for one!" Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z “Maybe I don’t love ‘our good King,’ so much as ye think for, ye spangled flunkey! The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Ransey brought out his father’s bottle—a bottle that had lain untouched for a long time indeed—and his father’s glass, and the flunkey drank his “spot,” and really seemed to enjoy it. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z She was walking very rapidly now, and as she reached the monumental staircase, she ran down the steps without heeding the astonished glances of the army of flunkeys that stood about on landing and corridors. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z No end of flunkeys about, and the rest of it. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z Another Nap. to the flunkey, and asked his advice. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z Malvolio, the Countess’s head flunkey, so to speak, appears not in the costume of a servant, but as if he were the best dressed person in the house. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z “It is ever so much better,” she told Eedie, “going all alone and enjoying things, than having a dressed-up doll of a flunkey dawdling behind you carrying wraps.” The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z All these apartments were now deserted, save for a few flunkeys who stood about desultorily in the window embrasures. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z And presently, when Fallaray gave his number to the flunkey and waited for his coat and hat, Chalfont carried out his orders. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z "Here, marm, this is him," said the fellow, pointing to his brother flunkey, who stood grinning, with his hands in his pockets. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z Or, a flunkey enters and solemnly announces, "His Highness, Prince of Ptomania, mounts the steps." My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z Look at flunkeys, for instance—decent chaps enough, some on ’em, till they gets a bit o’ lace on their hats, and then they’re as proud on it as a fresh-moulted cockatoo. Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches 2010-12-20T17:11:48.837Z Beyond the noble entrance doors the vast hall was now practically deserted, save for a group of flunkeys, gorgeous and solemn, who stood awaiting the departure of their respective masters. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z Shedding his coat and hat and taking a ticket from a flunkey, on whose chest there was a line of ribbons, he looked across the long vista of intervening space to the dining room. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z The car, of course, was waiting, the chauffeur sitting in it gazing vacantly down the road, with the patient stare of the true flunkey. The Idyl of Twin Fires “That is a tale for Mowbray-sahib to tell,” said Roger with a wink, and, indeed, the levity of his manner towards the monarch then, and on many other occasions, greatly scandalized the punctilious court flunkeys. The Great Mogul It’s now a year come Martlemas as one night a flunkey comes up to the stand and picks me out, and werry glad I was, for I’d had a awful bad day. Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches 2010-12-20T17:11:48.837Z From the far distance there came the cry of the flunkeys. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z Now he must see us, as we saw him and his smooth, smug, flunkey's face to the whites of its upturned eyes! Witching Hill The door was opened; the flunkey stood stiff and upright, with a fixed look that stared straight before him, in the shadow of the hangings. Majesty A Novel A man gets to feel very like a 'flunkey,' coming up in this fashion each morning 'for orders.' Tony Butler Two flunkeys in livery came up the stairs, and announced in a loud voice, "The Chota Lât Sahib has arrived!" Stories from Tagore The door flew open, the flunkey at the same moment also drew a heavy curtain aside. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z "For some reason or another," I observed, "people who are angry always call grooms and footmen flunkeys." The Great Miss Driver Prince Herman and the equerries follow them up the colossal staircase, through the hedge of flunkeys, who stand motionless with fixed eyes that do not seem to see. Majesty A Novel And now, young man, How comes it that a fellow of your inches, So deft a wrestler and so bold a spirit, Can stoop to be a flunkey? The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Unrewarded Men are great by their faculties, not in their flunkeys. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance The flunkeys in gorgeous liveries made the round of the table, filling the crystal glasses with wine. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z A flunkey at the head of the stairs announces the guests. A Novelist on Novels She gave him a gold coin; the flunkey disappeared. Majesty A Novel Policeman saunters up and examines arms on carriage, and the next moment is recognised by the flunkey. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) "You ought to 'tip' that flunkey, Beecher," said Davis, as soon as they were alone in a window. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day That third engineer, a coarse fellow, one of the few irreconcilables, had called him a flunkey. Command As a flunkey I had my first dose of boiled linen and I liked it. My Lady of the Chimney Corner They passed through a long gallery, dropping their trains; at the door of the presence-room, before they entered, stood flunkeys who spread out the heavy court-mantles. Majesty A Novel As the Aldermen and others do not mind appearing before the public as flunkeys of Prince Albert, the least they can do is to wear His Royal Highness's livery. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Meanwhile the door opened, and the flunkey came in rubbing one of his hands with the other; he was evidently in pain. Eyes Like the Sea "There goes the flunkey's runner," he remarked, in execrable taste, and Mr. Spokesly was obliged to ignore him. Command She married the Hawaiian sailor, and behold the man is her flunkey and can be shown the door at pleasure. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) The door remained open, the lady-in-waiting disappeared, the flunkey waited at the hangings, motionless, for the prince to come. Majesty A Novel The three chatted familiarly until the train stopped at Alnwick Junction, where the Duke of Northumberland got out, and was met by a train of flunkeys and servants. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years He’s a palace at home, and powdered flunkeys; and if he don’t stay there, you bet he knows the reason why! The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston As Elsie spoke, the man turned, and strolled slowly past us, with that ineffable insolence which is the other side of the flunkey's insufferable self-abasement. Miss Cayley's Adventures I can never bear your bucks and dandies, even when they are decent-looking and well dressed; and the Major—for that was his rank—was the image of a flunkey in good luck. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) I need no flunkeys to show me the way to the door.” The Moving Finger At the same moment a flunkey in chocolate and cream approached him. A Great Man A Frolic The Edinburgh men are just city flunkeys, they would do fine to wait on our Norse men. An Orkney Maid How could one dream of trusting the judgment of a flunkey about a lady? Miss Cayley's Adventures A venerable flunkey waited for me at the summit. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) As the last of the Georges declared himself in good-humor, so every toady grinned and every courtly flunkey swore in the Billingsgate of that profanely eloquent period that the actress was a “monstrous fine woman.” The Strollers As Henry was wafted aloft in the elevator, with the beautiful and innocuous flunkey as travelling companion, he could not help contrasting that official with the terrible Powellian caretaker who haunted the Powellian stairs. A Great Man A Frolic A flunkey in livery opened the door to his ring. The Destroyer A Tale of International Intrigue It was such deference as the British flunkey pays only to blue blood; for he has gradations of flunkeydom. Miss Cayley's Adventures His Majesty the King, when Prince of Wales, was a member of the Club, and an Earl takes the chair and entertains my Lord Mayor with his flunkeys and all. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 For all my enemies of a week ago turned flatterers and flunkeys, bowing, grovelling, fawning, contemptible in their self-abasement, but quite useful to my purposes. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess The beautiful flunkey permitted himself a derisive gesture, such as one male may make to another, and sped the lift more quickly upwards. A Great Man A Frolic “You’ll forgive the liberty, I know,” he said, “but I’m going to tell that flunkey of yours to fetch a flask of wine, and see you drink some.” The Traitors But the religious virtue of knowledge was become a flunkey to the god of material success. The Rainbow The most contemptible flunkeys on the face of the earth are the wiseacres, and the thus-called framers of public opinion. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 That's my way of dealing with royal flunkeys, no matter what their title of courtesy. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess Not daring to disobey, the trembling flunkey led the way up one flight of stairs and pointed to a door, which I abruptly opened. My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson Being the Auto-Biography of an Author. Written by Himself. How then could my soul beget a flunkey like you?” The Brothers Karamazov The flunkeys were regarding him curiously, and once a waiter-captain came out and gave him what seemed to be an unsatisfactory report. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 Oh, why has he established his headquarters in the city, among flunkeys, wiseacres, and spit-lickers? Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 Her relatives-by-marriage were mostly freaks, and all were unbearable; her entourage a collection of spies and flunkeys. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess The door was opened by a fat old flunkey with a red nose of an alarming aspect. My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson Being the Auto-Biography of an Author. Written by Himself. She left him; and by and by the flunkey returned with the stranger. Once on a Time They rose like froth into the upper heights of society, and the flunkey FitzPlushe, by virtue of his supposed wealth, sat amongst peers and was idolised. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson And we, lying not on our oars or arms, but in our beds, as our spes patri� is warmly and cosily established in a large house, receiving there the incense and salutations of all flunkeys. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 It was clear that the blood of flunkeys was in his veins. Anthony Lyveden Hatred of the flunkey mind, and of the servile, insolent mob mind, "false as water," appears in half-a-dozen passages. William Shakespeare "A person to see your Majesty," said a flunkey, appearing suddenly. Once on a Time Her equipages must be gorgeous, her flunkeys numerous and well powdered. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) I am free to own that I was really pleased two days afterwards, when a most elaborate flunkey brought a card to my door inscribed 'The Viscount Philippine, Ch. Tom Brown at Oxford Jill knows Jack for a flunkey and seeks to dissemble her knowledge, for fear of bruising his heart. Anthony Lyveden This prejudice is expressed bitterly— "This is the flower that smiles on every one," with the bitterness usual in Shakespeare when treating of the flunkey mind. William Shakespeare “Back in a minute, Lon,” the flunkey told him, and followed a cow trail that took him up the hill through the sage. The Fighting Edge Everybody was at his post: the tall flunkeys stood motionless at the entrance-doors, in the promenades, as if the audience had been there, whereas there was practically nobody except Harrasford and the manager. The Bill-Toppers Just before Michaelmas, she decided to leave her husband: to go to London with a German flunkey. A Poor Man's House At last flunkeys appeared and set the inner swing-doors wide open. Anthony Lyveden What immortal names are spoken by the flunkeys to-night as they usher in these brave men into the hostess' presence. The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days The cook and his flunkey were kept busy. The Fighting Edge And of course he could not exist, unless he had flunkey customers by the dozen. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 Stafforth was anxious and silent; Zollern sleepy; the voluble Madame de Ruth was talking rapidly, with the evident intention of making the scene appear unimportant to the flunkeys in attendance. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg To pile Ossa upon Pelion, she now knew him for what he was—a flunkey, acting the gentleman and sporting a dog. Anthony Lyveden The rest was lost as a flunkey requested the registered number of whatever Tabs had left in the cloak-room. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel Before the week was out Bob was the man’s flunkey, the butt of his ill-natured jokes, the helpless victim of his bad temper. The Fighting Edge They were admitted by a flunkey named Herbert. Tutors' Lane Jimmy Sands was far too nervous to accept any food from the gorgeous flunkeys. The Green Carnation And then, in the nick of time, Fate had thrust a rapier into the flunkey's hand…. Anthony Lyveden Richard lives in a mansion, while you live in a hovel; Richard's wife is a fine "lady" in silks and satins, attended by flunkeys, while your wife is a poor, sickly, anæmic, overworked drudge. The Common Sense of Socialism A Series of Letters Addressed to Jonathan Edwards, of Pittsburg It prosaically recalls one to the fact that these magnificent flunkeys are after all but human, and not above a regard for shillings. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 It's the cursed system of Castle Government and the tyranny of the landlords, and the way the people is driven off their farms by the rack-renting flunkeys of the rent office. General John Regan Annette sat down, let the wasp-hued flunkey pass out of sight, and looked round at the room in which she found herself. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories At this moment a knock came to the door, and a flunkey—a new one—appeared. The Man Who Lost Himself Those inclined to moralise may see in these words a proof that the arrogance of the great man's flunkey was curbed in England earlier than in Italy. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) One of the successes of this epistle was what, to Thackeray's delight, was seriously complained of as the "deplorable" inaccurate orthography of the illiterate flunkey. The History of "Punch" She was no more inclined to listen to Mr. Billing's panegyric of the Saratoga cocktail than to Thady Gallagher's patriotic denunciation of the flunkeys of the rent office. General John Regan In London, where he lived for thirty years, he resided in simple apartments, with no use for a valet nor the genus flunkey. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen Those flunkeys—the very thought of them gave him indigestion—more than that, he was afraid of them. The Man Who Lost Himself The directing committees are presided over by those whom flunkeys call princes of the blood. The Conquest of Bread But you don’t seem at all alarmed at the prospect of my being carried off by a flunkey.” Fighting the Flames Do I look like a flunkey or a groom? Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden One night, while at the palace, I was informed by a flunkey that someone wished to speak with the monk on the public telephone, therefore I went to the instrument. The Minister of Evil The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia The flunkey who admitted him, having taken his hat, stick and gloves, presented him with a letter that had arrived by the midday post, also with a piece of information. The Man Who Lost Himself In it he had sketched off the p. 73lofty obsequiousness of the flunkey who had ministered to his needs. Danger! and Other Stories "Lady Stafford gave strict horders that no one was to be admitted before two," says flunkey, indignant at the stranger's persistence, who has come into the hall and calmly divested himself of his overcoat. Molly Bawn "Yes; that's about all you flunkeys can do; hit a man when he's down," said Ted. Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden The Tsar, who so quickly takes offence nowadays, prefers flunkeys to Ministers whose personality is too marked. The Minister of Evil The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia Knights in armour were guarding it, and a flunkey, six feet high, in red plush breeches, and with calves that would have made Victor Jones scream with laughter under normal conditions. The Man Who Lost Himself They drove out in coaches emblazoned with heraldic bearings, and attended by broad-calved flunkeys in family livery. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion The flunkey referred her to Count Rechberg, the aide-de-camp on duty. The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert Immediately afterwards, however, as the Reader turned a new leaf, in place of the momentary apparition of that particular flunkey, three very different persons appeared to step across the threshold on to the platform. Charles Dickens as a Reader I was just entering Rasputin's room at the palace when a flunkey told me the news. The Minister of Evil The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia The flunkey, seeing our friend, stepped to a door, opened it, and held it open for him. The Man Who Lost Himself The carriages blocked one another in the narrow roads; the balconies were draped with awnings; gorgeously-clad flunkeys stood upon the doorsteps, ushering in long streams of visitors. Flaming June "High, Your Honor, high," some flunkey of the drinking bout would bawl back. Lords of the North Your dream and rest is over; for are you not the general's flunkey? On the Heels of De Wet I might share with honest Jack If of yielding I'd the knack, Or would stoop to play the flatterer or the flunkey. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 28, 1893 He waited a moment to make sure, then he went into the hall where a huge flunkey—a new one, more curious than the others, was lounging near the door. The Man Who Lost Himself "Yes, but very much engaged," replied the flunkey. Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series She rules no doubt successfully enough over the servile, over toadies, flunkeys and weaklings or those who have no spirit or love of independence. The American Revolution and the Boer War, An Open Letter to Mr. Charles Francis Adams on His Pamphlet "The Confederacy and the Transvaal" Possibly the fear of appearing pedantic among all these people of fashion and these tinselled flunkeys made him lend himself to ridicule. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France "His ambition, I take it, does not go beyond a desire to be Parliamentary flunkey to a big man,—with wages, if possible, but without, if the wages are impossible." Can You Forgive Her? Not to enter the room thus indicated would have been possible enough, but the compelling influence of that vast flunkey made it impossible to Jones. The Man Who Lost Himself I am greatly mistaken if the Germans will long submit to the horde of squires, of princes, of officers, and of court flunkeys, who together, at present, form the ruling class. Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris A tall flunkey took the card, closed the door, and Mrs. Oswald Carey had to wait in the cab a full minute. The King's Men A Tale of To-morrow The door of the brougham was shut with a sharp snap, the footman sprang to the box with more than an average flunkey's agility, and the nun was driven rapidly away. The White Sister "He must be mightily rich," said Ornik, "to have this crowd of pages and flunkeys whom I see running about the house." Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary A single glass of iced champagne—he allowed himself only one—established this conviction in his mind, also the recognition that the flunkeys no longer oppressed him, they rather pleased him. The Man Who Lost Himself "Oh, I had to deal with a motley crowd of court flunkeys, Jews, tailors and dressmakers, and fearful-looking women catering for 'fashion,' who came with what they called 'news,' which was generally that 'Mrs. " The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches The entrance of the tall flunkey prevented Mrs. Carey from speaking her pleasure, but she looked it at the banker. The King's Men A Tale of To-morrow I asked sharply, thinking it ill omen to hear a flunkey of the English Company speaking lightly of our leader. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade The flunkey nature was nowhere completely subdued but in his stomach, and he still divided society into gentry, gentry's flunkeys, and the people who provided for them. Scenes of Clerical Life Can't one write a letter like an honest man, instead of all this flunkey business? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 14, 1917 The flunkeys relaxed their formal attitudes and hastened to assist both mother and daughter into its somewhat stuffy recess. The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches "You are wanted, sir," said the erect flunkey. The King's Men A Tale of To-morrow Your colonial hero will face the desperate chance of death; but not the smug arrogance of a beliveried flunkey. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade A clergyman without a flunkey was an anomaly, belonging to neither of these classes. Scenes of Clerical Life Well, to go back:—I began to push my way past the flunkey, when he summoned his brass and said I couldn't come in—that I must slide myself into costume of the eight stripe! The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth I know there were scores of instances when I felt like kicking some of the infernally omnipresent flunkeys down the stairs. The Colonel of the Red Huzzars Geary used to say that I did the flunkey business better than any man he ever had at the Tabard: I have always been celebrated for my footmen. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 6, June, 1891 For some moments she stood there, watching the doors which a powdered flunkey had swung to after their entrance. Sally Bishop A Romance The Palace is open on fixed days and shown by a demure flunkey in an English bowler hat, but it should be the last place to be visited by the sightseer. A Wanderer in Venice While enjoying my meditations one flunkey approached another, telling him to keep a keen eye on that fellow—meaning me. The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth In the second, he was not an English flunkey, and not a snob. The Lee Shore P.S.—I should not like to be a real flunkey all my life. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 6, June, 1891 That flunkey, idling his life away on the hall mat, said I should find you here, so I saved him from overwork by showing myself in. The Moon out of Reach He was just the sort of man you would have thought flunkeys would have despised. Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. Of Trinity College, Cambridge Extracted From His Letters And Diaries, With Reminiscences Of His Conversation By His Friend Christopher Carr Of The Same College The flunkey shook his head, and kept up a significant silence. The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth But Dresden reinforced it as only a court-ridden town can, a town whose inhabitants were, almost to a man, the sort of flunkeys who hang around a Court. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas Pity the governess, the servant, the poor flunkey whom she has at her mercy, for their bread is earned in bitterness. Side Lights Clerks, saloon and hotel waiters, artisans, drivers, flunkeys, day laborers in the employ of the Government, and soldiers on furlough—all of these joined the movement. History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) On getting to the grand house and telling the flunkey he had come to see his master, the flunkey regarded him with disdain, and replied his lordship was engaged and would not see him. The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825 Why is it that the word aristocrat as applied to a gentleman is as offensive as that of flunkey applied to a footman? Red Pottage Parasites—servile flunkeys, bolstering up an effete aristocracy. Second Plays A butler and numerous flunkeys fluttered to and fro. Twelve Men At the same moment up dashed an equipage—you couldn't possibly call it anything less—with flunkeys all over the outside, like trained monkeys. Half Portions It might be half an hour or more when a flunkey beckoned the master to follow him. The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825 The whole thing was as fine as one might have expected inside Buckingham Palace or the Mansion House—crimson curtains, marble steps, golden balusters, and flunkeys wearing velvet breeches and silk stockings. The Devil's Garden If you've got anything you want to get off your chest about flunkeys or monkeys, or whatever it may be, keep it till Sunday afternoon—when I'm off duty. Second Plays You take 'em yourself, bo—do the flunkey work and look wise. The Thunder Bird The invertebrate flunkeys attached to every Court were jealous of his influence over the King, and did what they could to hinder the execution of his plans. Wagner On the flunkey appearing, he said to him, 'Show this fellow to the door,' and took up his newspaper. The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825 The flunkey who exhibits his calves behind a baron, holds his head considerably higher than the flunkey who serves a brewer. Thrift I suppose," said Millais, waving his hand in the direction of the disappearing flunkeys after dinner, "you think all this very Sir Gorgius Midas-y? George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians Five flunkeys can not do more towards a guest's comfort than to take his hat and stick and to show him the way to the drawing-room. Etiquette A page dashed across; then a pair of flunkeys passed. Helmet of Navarre Persisting in refusing to leave the door and telling that he was a tenant, the flunkey left and returned with a young gentleman, who asked what was his business, saying he was his lordship's secretary. The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825 And the Mansion House is misleading; he had met a compatriot who had recently dined at the Mansion House, and who had described "flunkeys" in hair-powder and cloth of gold—like Thackeray's Jeames Yellowplush. Mr. Britling Sees It Through But during luncheon, to which Harry stayed, a flunkey approached bearing a telegram on silver. Leonora A heroic people chooses heroes, and is happy; a valet or flunkey people chooses sham-heroes, what are called quacks, thinking them heroes, and is not happy. Past and Present All these two-legged cattle are trained to be flunkeys, overeat themselves, grow coarse, lose the 'image and likeness,' in fact. The Duel and Other Stories And when the flunkey whispered to him what I was, the son of Poloznev the architect, he became embarrassed, turned crimson, but immediately recovered himself and said: "Devil take him." The Chorus Girl and Other Stories Most likely, in my night clothes and with my face distorted by coughing, I played my part poorly, and was very little like a flunkey. The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories The flunkey, however, gave the telegram to Millicent, who accepted it as though she had been accepting telegrams at the hands of flunkeys all her life. Leonora Ashamed of his new get-up and feeling frightfully awkward in it, he bowed and stood at the door in the attitude of a flunkey. Love That I am a flunkey whom you can insult without restraint? The Schoolmaster "Forwarded on from the office, sir," said the flunkey. The Firm of Girdlestone It was only on these occasions that I could gauge the full sweetness of a flunkey's life. The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories I bore him safe through Horace, Saved him from the flunkey's doom. A Collection of College Words and Customs Time was when an oarsman was an oarsman, but now he is a miserable cross between a Belgravian flunkey and a riverside tout. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 9, 1890 He decided to have a look at the flunkey, and he rang a bell. The Regent It was thus a very disgusted Princess who made her early exit from the palace between a double line of bowing flunkeys, masking her anger behind an affectation of ultra-Royal dignity. Love affairs of the Courts of Europe But at the same time she remembered that I was a flunkey, a being of a lower order. The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories For this I would sacrifice the smiles of Courts, and incur the shallow sneers of the grovelling, chowder-headed horde of flunkeys who sit in high places. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 26, 1890 Animated by the hope of a new bill, the flunkey would go to the telephone and inquire of the servants on the upper floor. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel They suspect every Englishman of being a bit of a gentleman and a bit of a flunkey. What is Coming? A flunkey from the camp kitchen served the meal and cleared it away. Big Timber A Story of the Northwest My inexperience, my appearance —so unlike a flunkey—and my illness, seemed to her pitiful and excited her disgust. The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories I don't believe there is anything good in the flunkey line that money won't buy. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 We've limousines, and marble halls, and flunkeys by the score, We play the part . . . but say, old chap, oh, isn't it a bore? Ballads of a Bohemian Chauvelin smiled benignly, and rubbing his long, thin hands together, he looked round the deserted supper-room, whence even the last flunkey had retired in order to join his friends in the hall below. The Scarlet Pimpernel The bosses tend more and more to become mere flunkeys of the plutocrats. The Conflict Before the old man's visit my position as a flunkey had a meaning; now it was absurd. The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories He refers me to two strangers in a cafe as to two flunkeys. The Wisdom of Father Brown White men are becoming house-servants, cooks, and stewards, common laborers, and flunkeys to our gentry, and, for aught I see, they adjust themselves to their stations with all becoming obsequiousness. My Bondage and My Freedom A flunkey handed him an uncut Times, which he proceeded to cut with a skill which betrayed familiarity with this delicate operation. Around the World in 80 Days She was left standing in a noble hall while a flunkey bore the dog away. A Chair on the Boulevard In my flunkey's swallow-tail I felt as though I were in armour. The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories A literary man or a flunkey, as you like. The Torrents of Spring He became a flunkey of the Flavian house, and straightway started on the transformation from a Jewish priest and soldier into a Roman courtier and literary hireling. Josephus When one is a friend of the people," he pondered as he went upstairs, "is one limited in horses but not in flunkeys? Sir George Tressady — Volume I Shakespeare was a sycophant, a flunkey if you will, but nothing worse. The Man Shakespeare The door was opened by a tall, stout, drab-coloured flunkey with black whiskers, who in a sleepy, churlish, and apathetic voice, such as only flunkeys use in addressing other flunkeys, asked me what I wanted. The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories Employed in houses, they can wait on the table, do chamber-work, brush clothes, black boots, clean the knives and forks, and—empty the bottles, as well as the best trained flunkey. The Mysterious Island Never was there less of a flunkey or temporizer. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy They take a tent and camp out for two or three days with Billy as general flunkey. A Little Bush Maid My young friends suspect that the flunkeys of the British nobleman wear such ties, and they have, therefore, discarded them. Prue and I She treated me as a flunkey, a being of a lower order. The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories Alas! for the society which stifles in after-life too many of your better feelings, by making you mere flunkeys and parasites, dependent for your livelihood on the caprices and luxuries of the rich. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography The antechamber was luxuriously carpeted, arm-chaired, cushioned, palmed and screened, and the hired flunkey at the ballroom door had a presence and a voice fitted for the occasion. The Misses Mallett The Bridge Dividing The enemies of all true life, out-of-date Liberals who are afraid of their own independence, the flunkeys of thought, the enemies of individuality and freedom, the decrepit advocates of deadness and rottenness! The Possessed (The Devils) When the gaudy and be-powdered flunkey held back the heavy curtains of the salon to announce him and Segur, he saw Miss Trevor on a low chair absently staring into the fire. The Great God Success My husband may be a good, honest man, but he is a flunkey! The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories They're the unknown great—the unaccredited heroes, as Master Thomas Carlyle would say—whom the flunkeys aloft have not acknowledged yet—though they'll be forced to, some day, with a vengeance. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography He told the visitor, with a broad grin, that he had frightened the other flunkey almost out of his wits with his magic tricks. L.P.M. : the end of the Great War Once I was only the son of a flunkey, but now I've become a flunkey myself, like you. The Possessed (The Devils) He got me some lessons at fifty sous a ticket—a pound the ten—from an economical swell who has taken a chateau here, and has two flunkeys in livery. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family I don't know what he does there, what his work is, but I know he is a flunkey! The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories I suppose too many of us would have thought it so; there are flunkeys in all ranks, and to spare. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography We know about the tricks you played with that flunkey in your audience with the King. L.P.M. : the end of the Great War The only fatted calves that were to be seen belonged to the fat flunkeys. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters A while after, her ladyship's flunkey came to the manse and begged me to go to her. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 04 — Fiction Most likely this was the husband whom at Yalta, in a rush of bitter feeling, she had called a flunkey. The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories "No, it isn't," said the flunkey with censorious lips. Buried Alive: a Tale of These Days He could hear music and laughter in another part of the Palace, but saw no one except the flunkeys in the hall. L.P.M. : the end of the Great War The dog is a flunkey, a serf, an underling, a creature that is eternally watching its master. Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough He even judged her movement quite natural, for he was a flunkey born. Hilda Lessways In these cursed Courts, if the Emperor smiles upon you everyone smiles, down to that flunkey in the red velvet coat yonder. Uncle Bernac A Memory of the Empire Between the ringing of the bell and the flunkey's appearance, he had clearly seen what he was capable, and what he was incapable, of doing. Buried Alive: a Tale of These Days They call him a Sphinx,—it pleases him,— And if we narrowly read, We will find some truth in the flunkey's praise, The man is a Sphinx indeed. Poems I am afraid it must be admitted that we are still in the flunkey stage. Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough Every landing was now noisy with servants, maids sped upstairs, flunkeys sped down, a butler waddled in a circle. The Green Mouse "When did I hire out as your flunkey, West?" Man Size I sent it some days ago, and got an acknowledgment from the flunkey who writes Majesty's letters. Temporal Power Then, turning to his flunkeys, and pointing out my tutor and myself with his walking stick, he said: "Throw these two drunkards out." The Queen Pedauque He knows we have the souls of flunkeys. Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough The flunkey does some work, at all events enough to prevent him from becoming a mere fattened animal. Lectures and Essays Upon my word you have made me trot about like a flunkey for this hour past. The Love-Tiff Majesty did without his music that evening, owing to the insolence of his flunkey- man! Temporal Power M. de la Guéritude was there, exactly as M. d'Anquetil had described him, with his periwig, between two flunkeys bearing torches. The Queen Pedauque Do not deceive yourself; it is not even a master you have hired for him, it is a flunkey, who will soon train such another as himself. Emile A person whom I knew had dined with a millionaire tete-a-tete, with six flunkeys standing round the table. Lectures and Essays Several flunkeys of different degrees of usefulness come in and bow obsequiously from time to time, as I sit around, expecting supper to appear every minute. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran He did unconventional things now and then; to the grief of flunkeys, and the alarm of Court parasites. Temporal Power Then holding himself as upright as he could, he sat in his invalid chair, and four flunkeys in full livery carried him to the deathbed of his son. I Will Repay Now you must know that the doors of the great are guarded by porters and flunkeys, who only understand one language, and their ears are in their palms. Emile There's nothing of the flunkey in this, or I greatly deceive myself. Born in Exile I want 'em to think I keep four or five powdered flunkeys in the hall day and night—same as the lobby of one of those Fifth Avenue hotels. Tales of Men and Ghosts In that servile neighbourhood, almost entirely inhabited by the flunkeys of villadom, it was a complete novelty to him to be thus bearded in his den. The British Barbarians Meanwhile flunkeys kept moving in and out, anxiety on their faces—the princes, ambassadors and other folk were waiting, dinner was waiting; and the high functionaries and dinner were kept waiting for half an hour. The Life of Sir Richard Burton Other people's opinions are no concern of yours, you need not pay court to any one, there is no fool to flatter, no flunkey to bribe, no woman to win over. Emile A gorgeous flunkey threw open the door with a virtuously severe expression on his breakfast-flushed countenance,—an expression which relaxed into a smile of condescension on seeing who the visitor was. Thelma My God! it's simply dreadful, after all I've gone through, to have my work spoiled at the last and be foiled in the very doorway by a stupid flunkey! The Jewel of Seven Stars Godfrey followed his example, as the flunkeys and the audience supposed to recover his change, though the last thing he was thinking of at that moment was change—except of locality. Love Eternal Even the plushed flunkey, that walking symbol of a sham inequality, had not been unpleasant to his dreaming view. The American Claimant He wasn't a flunkey, a fool, or a prig, if that's what you mean. The Return The doors were gaping wide—I walked all about; there were no door-keepers, no officers, nor flunkeys—not even a policeman to be seen. The Point of View Give yourself airs, poor old bankrupt Magnifico, who are under money-obligations to your flunkeys; and must stoop so as to swindle poor tradesmen! The Book of Snobs What you said made me ashamed, though I wouldn't own it before the flunkeys. Love Eternal Then she thought a bit, and said, 'At all events, you are not a flunkey; at first, I thought you were no better than a flunkey.' The Idiot Two flunkeys in livery came up the stairs, and announced in a loud voice, "The Chota Lord Sahib hoe arrived." The Hungry Stones and Other Stories A flunkey soon after appeared with half-a-crown, and the amateur coachman drove away. A Simpleton I had nothing else to turn to, so I remained with him, and allowed myself to become his flunkey. The Gambler Woman demands the same rights as man, yet she is indignant that her presence does not strike him dead: he smokes, keeps his hat on, and does not jump from his seat like a flunkey. Anarchism and Other Essays Yes, a marriage is being arranged—a marriage between a questionable woman and a young fellow who might be a flunkey. The Idiot Why, it is a perfect palace, I call it," said Paganel; "we only want flunkeys and courtiers. In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant The ancient wig of the judge is often indistinguishable from the old wig of the flunkey. A Miscellany of Men And this Lily Cardew lived in state, bowed to by flunkeys in livery, dressed and undressed—his Scotch sense of decorum resented this—by serving women. A Poor Wise Man Such frankness struck the former flunkey as the acme of cynicism. The Schoolmistress, and other stories This good flunkey, in spite of his conscientious scruples, really could not resist continuing such a very genteel and agreeable conversation. The Idiot Jacques, that flunkey in grain, showed no sign of surprise, and announced M. le Baron de Nueil like a discreet domestic well acquainted with good society. The Deserted Woman Out in the courtyard I saw a swarm of flunkeys, brushing out their liveries, waxing their boots, and cleaning sumptuous equipages. Gobseck This was her ladyship's flunkey, to beg me to go to her, whom he described as in a state of desperation. The Annals of the Parish; or, the chronicle of Dalmailing during the ministry of the Rev. Micah Balwhidder What must an ordinary simple Russian have gone through before fate flung him down as a flunkey here? The Schoolmistress, and other stories I felt, when he went on deck, that the morning had been a nightmare; but now I was to be flunkey well as slave, a new humiliation. Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger But little Drina was perfectly aware for which of them it was that they were followed, at a respectful distance, by a gigantic scarlet flunkey. Queen Victoria There also developed a tendency to compete in the matter of horses and liveried flunkeys; with the result that despite the damp and snowy weather exceedingly elegant turnouts took to parading backwards and forwards. Dead Souls When they opened the door a man in a black coat, with an unshaven face like a flunkey's, and sleepy-looking eyes, got up lazily from a yellow sofa in the hall. The Schoolmistress, and other stories In one of the houses—he thought it was the fourth—there was a little spare, frail-looking flunkey with a watch-chain on his waistcoat. The Schoolmistress, and other stories Here, as in the first house, a figure in a black coat, with a sleepy face like a flunkey's, got up from a sofa in the hall. The Schoolmistress, and other stories "Gentlemen, take off your coats!" the flunkey said sternly; "you can't go in like that." The Schoolmistress, and other stories And Vassilyev could not help particularly noticing the flunkey in each house. 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