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PRONUNCIATION OF FLUNKIES

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLUNKIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Flunkies is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLUNKIES

flummox
flummoxed
flump
flung
flunitrazepam
flunk
flunker
flunkeydom
flunkeyish
flunkeyism
flunky
flunkyism
Fluon
fluor
fluorapatite
fluorene
fluoresce
fluorescein
fluoresceine
fluorescence

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLUNKIES

blue-skies
chinkies
cookies
darkies
dickies
duckies
Great Smokies
honkies
huskies
junkies
pinkies
porkies
Rockies
skies
stickies
thickies
to the skies
trackies
walkies
whiskies

Synonyms and antonyms of flunkies in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FLUNKIES»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «flunkies» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of flunkies

Translation of «flunkies» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLUNKIES

Find out the translation of flunkies to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of flunkies from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «flunkies» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

flunkies
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lacayos
570 millions of speakers

English

flunkies
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

flunkies
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإمعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лакеи
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

flunkies
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

flunkies
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

larbins
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Flunkies
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lakaien
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

flunkies
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

flunkies
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyebar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

flunkies
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடியாட்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्लॅनीज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dalkavuklarının
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tirapiedi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pachołki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лакеї
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

flunkies
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

flunkies
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

flunkies
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

flunkies
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lakeier
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of flunkies

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLUNKIES»

The term «flunkies» is regularly used and occupies the 95.524 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLUNKIES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «flunkies» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «flunkies» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about flunkies

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLUNKIES»

Discover the use of flunkies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flunkies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
John Lennon and Me
A spot picks up FLUNKIES and STAR, jogging single- file through the audience. STAR wears a satin prizefighter's robe with a huge star on the back, and boxing gloves, the FLUNKIES wear their usual outfits and sunglasses. The first FLUNKY  ...
Cherie Bennett, 1996
2
Army Flunkies and Colorado Junkies: Road Trippin' to the Ghetto
The story takes a serious turn when the young, white, hippie punks move into the Five Points black ghetto in Denver, also known as Little Harlem.
Jed Donavan Ma, 2013
3
A Look at Washington State History
Flunkies. Between 1915 and 1940, loggers in many Pacific Northwest camps hired women as waitresses. These women were called “flunkies” (in a good way). Many of the women were hired through employment offices in towns like Seattle.
4
Minnesota Magazine
Custom prescribes that the first cook of a railroad gang shall procure his own flunkies. These flunkies are young men whose duties are to help the cooks, to wash and wipe dishes, to wait on the tables, to scrub, and to make up the bunks.
University of Minnesota, 1908
5
The History of Washington State
After being hired, they rode a railcar towed by a steam engine into the woods. At a logging camp, the cook and the flunkies woke before dawn to work. The cook prepared enormous amounts of food and the flunkies delivered the meals to the ...
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Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, Transmitting ...
4 months Dishwasher, at $540, 4 months Flunkies, at $480, 9 months Flunkies, at $480, 4 months Flunkies, at $420, 4 months Flunkies, at $420, 8 months Cook, at $780, 9 months Shop clerk, at $1,080, 9 months Route foreman, at $1,080, ...
United States, 1915
7
Fetish, Recognition, Revolution
He learned to hold himself aloof from flunkies who worked for Chinese and Indonesians. He learned to sing, "yua olwees in mai haat" in a soft, indecent voice. This slavery gave him the greatest happiness of his life. Especially when he was ...
James T. Siegel, 1997
8
The Revenant: A Horror in Dodsville
I said, as the flunkies approached me. "You crucified me, for Christ's sake." The cobwebs that blanketed my mind earlier had all but vanished. The jolt to my head only helped in clearing it. "Is that how you treat your old friends?" Even as I said it  ...
Brian L. Blank, 2009
9
Punch
Not one of the honest private Plushes could stand up before the Royal Flunkies. They left the walk : they sneaked into dark holes and drank their beer in silence. The Royal Plush kept possession of the garden until the Royal Flush dinner was  ...
10
Punch
Not one of the honest private Plushes could stand up before the Royal Flunkies. They left the walk : they sneaked into dark holes and drank their beer in silence. The Boyal Plush kept possession of the garden until the Royal Plush dinner was  ...
Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, 1846

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLUNKIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flunkies is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Sports World Enters the Surveillance Era -- NYMag
Some Cardinals flunkies found some old passwords, used them to root around the Astros database, got caught, and will end up being fired ... «New York Magazine, Jul 15»
2
Arpaio's Epic Fail: Judge Refuses to Recuse Self in Melendres …
He complains of MCSO flunkies giving him "mixed signals," on the one hand, telling him "not to produce information on Judge SNOW," while on ... «Phoenix New Times, Jul 15»
3
Review Revue: 'Minions,' 'Self/less,' and 'The Gallows'
This week at the multiplex, we've got an army of little flunkies (“Minions,” featuring voice performances by Sandra Bullock and Jon Hamm), ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
4
'Minions': Cute critters better off as second bananas, reviews say …
The good news is that the diminutive flunkies "are more (unconsciously, if perhaps also strategically) in touch with their anarchic side than the ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
5
Chelsea boss Roman Abramovich jets home in style from Scottish …
But Abramovich, 48, didn't need flunkies to look after his little daughter, believed to be two-year-old Leah Lou. Stephen Gibson/Buchanan ... «Irish Mirror, Jul 15»
6
The Obama White House's Job Killing Government Agencies …
The actions of these two regulatory agencies of late, taken together, would suggest that Obama's policy flunkies don't want you to borrow «United Liberty, Jul 15»
7
Deporting liberty
Obama jumps at the chance to make a public spectacle of himself or his flunkies at other peoples' funerals on some occasions; where's the ... «Personal Liberty Digest, Jul 15»
8
LDS Church donation to Utah Pride Center just another public …
To manage the image of these various entities and their holdings, the Church employs a battalion of public relation flunkies—attorneys, ... «The Independent | SUindependent.com, Jul 15»
9
Falstaff review - 1950s updating feels cosmetic and heartless | Music …
The clutter of flunkies in the country-house hotel setting of the first half sometimes undermines the musical performance too, offering no kind of ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
10
End peace talks through IGAD
Their flunkies are now in full blather praising them as heroes, but there is NO question about the innocent Nuer civilians, who were savagely ... «Sudan Tribune, Jul 15»

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