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lackey(dictionary)

slimline (iou) and lackey (medicine)


slimline (iou)



slimline adjective. M20.
[from SLIM adjective + LINE noun2.]
Slim, narrow; of slender design; fig. stripped of unnecessary elaboration, meagre.

lackey (medicine)


lackey


Origin: F. Laquais; cf. Sp. & Pg. Lacayo; of uncertain origin; perh. Of German origin, and akin to E.lick.

An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower. "Like a Christian footboy or a gentleman's lackey.

<zoology> " (Shak) Lackey caterpillar, the moth which produces the lackey caterpillar.

Source: Websters Dictionary