Crossword clues for lackeys
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lackey \Lack"ey\, n.; pl. Lackeys. [F. laquais; cf. Sp. & Pg. lacayo; of uncertain origin; perh. of German origin, and akin to E. lick, v.] An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower.
Like a Christian footboy or a gentleman's lackey.
--Shak.
Lackey caterpillar (Zo["o]l.), the caterpillar, or larva, of any bombycid moth of the genus Clisiocampa; -- so called from its party-colored markings. The common European species ( Clisiocampa neustria) is striped with blue, yellow, and red, with a white line on the back. The American species ( Clisiocampa Americana and Clisiocampa sylvatica) are commonly called tent caterpillars. See Tent caterpillar, under Tent.
Lackey moth (Zo["o]l.), the moth which produces the lackey caterpillar.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of lackey English)
Usage examples of "lackeys".
Bowing lackeys admitted him, looking in surprise at the shabby figure who came in his wake.
Nothing could shake him from his standpoint, and if one of the lackeys vented his outraged feelings below-stairs in a tirade against Avon, Léon was up in arms at once, blind rage taking possession of him.
Since the Duke had ordained that none should lay violent hands on his page, save at his express command, the lackeys curbed their tongues in Léon’s presence, for he was over-ready with his dagger, and they dared not disobey the Duke’s orders.
The Duke stepped slowly out, paused for a moment to look at the waiting coaches, and strolled past the palace lackeys with Léon at his heels, still holding the cloak and cane.
One of the lackeys let down the steps, the door was opened, and a serving maid climbed out.
Avon soon sent the lackeys away, whereat Léonie gave a sigh of relief.
Marie goes with me, and Please you must not be Angry with the Lackeys for letting me go, for they thought I was Rachel.
If she had once been a vixen she was surely so no longer, for he never heard a sharp or harsh word pass her lips, though it is true her manner was always somewhat imperial, and her lackeys and waiting-women stood in the greatest awe of her.
It was indeed my Lady Dunstanwolde who had ordered the closing of this part, when it had been her pleasure to be shown her domain by her housekeeper, the which had greatly awed and impressed her household, as signifying that, exalted lady as she was, her wit was practical as well as brilliant, and that her eyes being open to her surroundings, she meant not that her lackeys should rob her and her scullions filch, thinking that she was so high that she was ignorant of common things and blind.
She would go home alone and unescorted excepting by her lackeys, refusing all offers of companionship when once placed in her equipage.
Her eye was brilliant and her color matched it, she held her head with the old dauntless carriage, and there was that in her voice before which her women quaked and her lackeys hurried to do her bidding.
For fear of scandal you have not openly rebuffed me previous to this time, for a like reason you will not order your lackeys to shut your door when I enter it with you.
When she dined at home, she and Anne partook of their repast together in the large dining-room, the table loaded with silver dishes and massive glittering glass, their powdered, gold-laced lackeys in attendance as though a score of guests had shared the meal with them.
Little Nero grinned to see her, the lackeys saying among themselves that his Grace's courier had surely brought good news, and that they might expect his master soon.
Hing chuckled as he watched the Marines attempting to teach the lackeys of the Feldpolizei how to use aimed fire with their blasters.