stooge

"He was most funny as a talk-show stooge."

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

As Hofsø looks on, the stooge throws a butterfly net over the unsuspecting Støre.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2024

Then as now, I am for the stooge, the one with the energy, the cockeyed view of the world, the nut.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2023

Then again, Myn has a reason for stonewalling Hera – he's an Imperial stooge wearing the cloak of a businessman.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2023

None of us would have expected it from Padre Gabriel, who was, we thought, a stooge substitute sent in after Padre de Jesus was arrested.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

Take, for instance, the three stooges of “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

Albeit his stooges would not be the three of yesteryear’s Hollywood, Larry, Moe and Shemp.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 18, 2023

An already tumultuous week, which has seen players resigning from the PGA Tour while being asked if they are "Saudi stooges" in uncomfortable news conferences, took a significant turn at 14:45 BST.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2022

Only difference is instead of the three stooges, it’s the five stooges.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2021

The student body watched with glee as Leon’s stooges tried to scotch-tape the posters to the wall at the rear of the stage.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

Back in the U.S., he stooged for other entertainers, even held fans for Sally Rand.

From Time Magazine Archive

Georgia drifted into a period of stooging for most of the top funny men: Hope, Durante, Frank Morgan, Milton Berle, Danny Kaye.

From Time Magazine Archive

Anything else is just "stooging," which is flyers' slang for pooping around.

From Time Magazine Archive