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Search phrase: lackey

Plays

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All's Well That Ends WellAW IV.iii.282any lackey; marry, in coming on he has the cramp.any Lackey; marrie in comming on, hee ha's the Crampe.
Antony and CleopatraAC I.iv.46Goes to and back, lackeying the varying tide,Goes too, and backe, lacking the varrying tyde
As You Like ItAYL III.ii.287 (to Celia) I will speak to him like a saucy lackey,I wil speake to him like a sawcie Lacky.
Henry IV Part 11H4 III.i.152That were his lackeys. I cried ‘ Hum,’ and ‘ Well, go to!’That were his Lacqueyes: / I cry'd hum, and well, goe too,
Henry VH5 III.vii.108saw it but his lackey. 'Tis a hooded valour, and when itsaw it, but his Lacquey: 'tis a hooded valour, and when it
Henry VH5 IV.i.265But, like a lackey, from the rise to set,But like a Lacquey, from the Rise to Set,
Henry VH5 IV.ii.24That our superfluous lackeys, and our peasants,That our superfluous Lacquies, and our Pesants,
Henry VH5 IV.iv.73lackeys, with the luggage of our camp. The FrenchLackies with the luggage of our camp, the French
Henry VIIIH8 V.ii.17'Mong boys, grooms, and lackeys. But their pleasures'Mong Boyes, Groomes, and Lackeyes. / But their pleasures
Measure for MeasureMM IV.iii.13Copperspur, and Master Starve-lackey, the rapier andCopperspurre, and M Starue-Lackey the Rapier and
Richard IIIR3 V.iii.318A scum of Britains and base lackey peasants,A scum of Brittaines, and base Lackey Pezants,
The Taming of the ShrewTS III.ii.63O sir, his lackey, for all the world caparisonedOh sir, his Lackey, for all the world Caparison'd
The Taming of the ShrewTS III.ii.68and not like a Christian footboy or a gentleman's lackey.& not like a Christian foot-boy, or a gentlemans Lacky.
Troilus and CressidaTC V.x.33Hence, broker-lackey! Ignomy and shameHence broker, lackie, ignomy, and shame
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK IV.i.72A hundred black-eyed maids, that love as I do,A hundred blacke eyd Maides, that love as I doe

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.967 ‘ Thou ceaseless lackey to Eternity, Thou ceaselesse lackie to Eternitie,

Glossary

 11 result(s).
broker-lackeyabject go-between, pander [sic]
drudgeslave, serf, lackey
feederservant, parasite, lackey
knaveservant, menial, lackey
lackeyfootman, minion, flunky
lackeymove about aimlessly [as does a lackey]
lackeyservile, menial, abject
lackeyhanger-on, camp follower
manservant, attendant, lackey
scullionmenial, lackey, domestic servant
slavehireling, lackey, menial, servant

Thesaurus

 7 result(s).
lackeydrudge
lackeyman
lackeyscullion
lackeyslave
lackeyknave
lackeyfeeder
move about aimlessly [as does a lackey]lackey

Themes and Topics

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Functional shift...ave jaded out o’th’ field   lackey ac i iv 46 this common body /...
...his common body / goes to and back lackeying the varying tide   out-v...
Gods and goddesses... phoebus h5 iv i 266 like a lackey / sweats in the eye of phoebus l...
French...eval lacquais > get on your horse lackey h5 iv ii 3 3    via les eaux ...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
BREAKPEOPLEbroker-lackey n
LACKEYBASIClackey n, lackey v
LACKEYTYPEbroker-lackey n, starve-lackey n
STARVEPEOPLEStarve-lackey n

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