Definition of "flunkeyism"

The suggestion first saw public print last autumn in British Transport Review, wherein Mr. Rupert Shervington, Movements Officer of the S.R., expressed the view that in its present economic situation B.R. could no longer tolerate at its stations inherited traditions of "flunkeyism", which required the maintenance of a large number of men to shut doors and carry bags, [...].

1963 April, “News and Comment: Stations into bus stops”, in Modern Railways, page 219