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Flukey vs Flunkey - What's the difference?

flukey | flunkey |

As an adjective flukey

is lucky.

As a noun flunkey is

an underling; a contemptuous name for a liveried servant or a footman; servant, retainer – a person working in the service of another (especially in the household.

flukey

English

Alternative forms

* fluky

Adjective

(head)
  • lucky
  • unstable, prone to rapid and unpredictable changes
    • We would have got to Spain already if it wasn't for the flukey wind.

    Synonyms

    * (lucky) jammy

    Related terms

    * fluke

    flunkey

    English

    Alternative forms

    * flunkee * flunky

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • An underling; a contemptuous name for a liveried servant or a footman; servant, retainer – a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
  • * 1929 , Baldwyn Dyke Acland, Filibuster , Chapter 2
    • “One marble hall, with staircase complete, one to one ' flunkey , gloves to another, and there was the fourth poor blighter looking like an orphan at a Mothers' Meeting. …"
  • One who is obsequious or cringing; a snob.
  • One easily deceived in buying stocks; an inexperienced and unwary jobber. [Cant, U.S.]

    • Derived terms

    * flunkeydom * flunkeyish * flunkeyism

    See also

    * lackey (Webster 1913)