flunky
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"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
My dream of some flunky getting the wrong end of the stick and blasting out the pervy saxophone of The National Anthem by Radiohead has not yet come true.
From The Guardian • Oct. 10, 2019
I don’t want to go on to graduate work, I don’t want to teach high school or be a curator's flunky in a museum.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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