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  • noun Plural form of lackey.

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Examples

  • Separate 3. 7k ballots for copying by trusted lackeys aka poll workers.

    Sound Politics: Deanron2 identified! 2006

  • BLITZER: Because some Arab leaders are saying that this whole Iraqi Governing Council, that they're only so-called lackeys of the U.S.

    CNN Transcript Sep 7, 2003 2003

  • It is ridiculous, illusory, moronic to believe that Europe will yield to any of those whims, any of those maneuvers, any of those stupid measures adopted by imperialism and its Latin American lackeys.

    CDR ANNIVERSARY RALLY 1967

  • And they are looked upon with pity first because they are lackeys, which is already

    FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE LA COUBRE DISASTER 1961

  • One of Roger's lackeys from the Asian American Club, looking up from a nearby umbrella table, saw Roger's sorry, bedraggled self and snorted cola out of his nose, starting a ripple of laughter that drifted around the pool area and then died as people noticed the confrontation.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • Dropping to a new low, Chávez said the prize should not have been awarded to Liu, and that moreover members of Venezuela's opposition were "lackeys" of the west for supporting the Chinese dissident.

    Nikolas Kozloff: Hugo Chávez: The Reign of Error Continues Nikolas Kozloff 2010

  • Dropping to a new low, Chávez said the prize should not have been awarded to Liu, and that moreover members of Venezuela's opposition were "lackeys" of the west for supporting the Chinese dissident.

    Nikolas Kozloff: Hugo Chávez: The Reign of Error Continues Nikolas Kozloff 2010

  • Dropping to a new low, Chávez said the prize should not have been awarded to Liu, and that moreover members of Venezuela's opposition were "lackeys" of the west for supporting the Chinese dissident.

    Nikolas Kozloff: Hugo Chávez: The Reign of Error Continues Nikolas Kozloff 2010

  • Dropping to a new low, Chávez said the prize should not have been awarded to Liu, and that moreover members of Venezuela's opposition were "lackeys" of the west for supporting the Chinese dissident.

    Nikolas Kozloff: Hugo Chávez: The Reign of Error Continues Nikolas Kozloff 2010

  • Dropping to a new low, Chávez said the prize should not have been awarded to Liu, and that moreover members of Venezuela's opposition were "lackeys" of the west for supporting the Chinese dissident.

    Nikolas Kozloff: Hugo Chávez: The Reign of Error Continues Nikolas Kozloff 2010

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