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ˈflunkeydom
[f. flunkey n.1 + -dom.]
1. The domain of flunkeys; flunkeys collectively.
1849Fraser's Mag. XL. 14 The finest ‘marine parade’, as flunkeydom terms it, in all England. 1884Punch 29 Mar. 154/2 The whole of Flunkeydom will at once withdraw their Support.
2. The spirit or behaviour of a flunkey.
1850Kingsley Alt. Locke xxv, Mackaye too, who, however he hated flunkeydom, never overlooked an act of discourtesy. 1879Contemp. Rev. XXXVI. 291 Flunkeydom is much more insufferable..than swelldom itself. |