One thing I certainly never was made for, and that is to put principles on and off at the dictation of a party, as a lackey changes his livery at his master's command. From LearnThat.org. [Horace Mann (1796-1859)]
So off the wagon he goes - just in time for a lower-rung record-label lackey named. From Wordnik.com. [Riverfront Times | Complete Issue] Reference
Only the hapless Ring lackey is duped and cornered into making some very wrong choices. From Wordnik.com. [‘Chuck’ Episode 3.06: ‘Chuck Versus The Nacho Sampler’ Recap » MTV Movies Blog] Reference
He never called his lackey but by "Eh!" as if amongst the number of his servants my lord had not known which was in waiting. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of J J Rousseau]
Inwardly as distressed as the Thienz, Scait strode from the hall without pause to call a lackey to replace the rent limb of his throne arm. From Wordnik.com. [Shadowfane]
Apparently the word "lackey" seems so much better with a French spelling!. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-09-01] Reference
Now, Crisafulli is the kind of lackey the rich often aquire in New York, people deliriously happy to serve money. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-10-01] Reference
If you don't want to be called out as a VPC 'lackey', don't use their catch phrases. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
Ha … went to Wikipedia to check on the spelling of "lackey" and got these apropos synonyms …. From Wordnik.com. [VB Dems] Reference
'lackey,' to wait upon, from 'lackey' (or lacquey), a footboy, who runs by the side of his master. From Wordnik.com. [Milton's Comus] Reference
This word "lackey" served as the strongest expression, when all others were exhausted, to designate human meanness. From Wordnik.com. [Democracy in America — Volume 2] Reference
He has often enlisted Groo as his "lackey", and while Groo has succeeded in his quests time and again, Arcadio always gets the credit. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
What kind of lackey wears a heavy golden neckchain like this? “. From Wordnik.com. [Conqueror's Moon]
Zenkevich, a poet once, now a lackey of the regime. From Wordnik.com. [In the Jaws of Kronos, scene 4] Reference
It is as if you had deceived me with a lackey. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
In an ordinary lackey this boldness would have been too much for. From Wordnik.com. [Doom Castle] Reference
Remember this lackey here was to afford you some excellent amusement. From Wordnik.com. [Cad Metti, The Female Detective Strategist Dudie Dunne Again in the Field] Reference
Here a lackey in a loud voice announced MM. de Montresor and d'Entraigues. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Of course, the left didn't like him because he was just a Wall Street lackey!. From Wordnik.com. [A burning question] Reference
The eyes of the lackey were bulging with terror and he stood riveted to the spot. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Cross] Reference
"Monsieur de Marillac," announced the lackey, as he opened the door a second time. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Here it was that the waiting-woman and the lackey stole forth to meet their lovers. From Wordnik.com. [Orrain A Romance] Reference
The printer boy in those days was made a sort of lackey to be ordered about by all hands. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail] Reference
You might trust the cloth-white lackey and the stricken conscience of Francesco della Rocca. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
The lackey must not only care for the game taken, but he must add to the bag from his own hunting. From Wordnik.com. [Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View] Reference
This apt retort did not please the Chevalier, who instructed his lackey to give the poet a beating. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of Modern Europe] Reference
A lackey coming and asking your orders will at once break the charm and bring you back to your real life. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Kostunica especially feared looking like a lackey of the NATO allies who want to send Milosevic to The Hague. From Wordnik.com. [In Milosevic's Wake] Reference
For instance, his devotion to British interests caused his Zionist allies to think him a lackey of the British Foreign Office. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Promise] Reference
Attacking Sampier as a pro-immigration liberal and a lackey of the poultry industry, the group campaigned vigorously for Womack. From Wordnik.com. [A Town's Two Faces] Reference
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