Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Man Friday

(A). A useful and faithful servant, like the Man Friday in Robinson Crusoe.

“Count von Rechberg ... was Prince Bismarck's `Man Friday.' ” —Athenoeum, 1881.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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