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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.
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 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,
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.

Poems

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

Glossary

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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

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lackeydrudge
lackeyman
lackeyscullion
lackeyslave
lackeyknave
lackeyfeeder
move about aimlessly [as does a lackey]lackey

Themes and Topics

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Functional shift
Gods and goddesses... phoebus h5 iv i 266 like a lackey / sweats in the eye of phoebus la...

Words Families

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

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