DOGSBODY

dogsbody

(noun) a worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to do

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

dogsbody (plural dogsbodies)

(British) A person who does menial work, a servant.

That's just Baldrick, my dogsbody. — Blackadder.

Synonyms

• factotum

• gofer

• handyman

• jack of all trades

• odd job

Verb

dogsbody (third-person singular simple present dogsbodies, present participle dogsbodying, simple past and past participle dogsbodied)

To act as a dogsbody, to do menial work.

Source: Wiktionary



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