Lackey and Pet

Lackey

Lackey noun - A person hired to perform household or personal services.

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Pet and lackey are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pet" instead a noun "Lackey".

Pet noun - A person or thing that is preferred over others.

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Lackey and pet are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lackey" instead a noun "Pet".

Nearby Words: petted, petting

old	old lackey	old pet
loyal	loyal lackey	loyal pet
powerful	powerful lackey	powerful pet
evil	evil lackey	evil pet
Other adjectives: personal, new, useful, former, mindless.

Even post-Eclipse Griffith has a pet the dog moment when he saves none other than Casca, the woman he raped as Femto during the Eclipse in his crossing of the Moral Event Horizon, from some falling rocks when his new lackey Nosferatu Zodd was fighting Guts and caused their cave home to collapse.

Source: Pet The Dog / Anime and Manga
Unusually for this trope, she's a good ruler otherwise; Lackey even gives her at least one Pet the Dog moment.

Source: God Save Us from the Queen!

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