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dogsbody

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dogs·bod·y  (dôgzbd, dgz-)
n.
pl. dogs·bod·ies Chiefly British Slang One who does menial work; a drudge.
[British slang, naval rations (obsolete), midshipman.]
dogsbody
Noun
pl -bodies Informal a person who carries out boring or unimportant tasks for others
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.dogsbody - a worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to do
prole, proletarian, worker - a member of the working class (not necessarily employed); "workers of the world--unite!"
Translations
dogsbody [ˈdɔgzbɔdɪ] n (BRIT) → burro de carga
dogsbody [ˈdɔgzbɔdɪ] n (Brit) → bonne f à tout faire, tâcheron m
dogsbody [ˈdɔgzbɔdɪ] (Brit) (inf) n → Mädchen nt für alles
dogsbody [ˈdɔgzbɔdɪ] n (BRIT) → factotum m inv


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I vividly remember, when I was writing Dogsbody, being a dog a lot of the time, wanting to scratch under my collar or raise a leg to deal with an itch behind my left ear--I've felt itchy ever since really--and living through that lovely multiple stretch that dogs do, tail and back legs first, then up the back through to the front legs.
Birthing a book by Jones, Diana Wynne / The Horn Book Magazine
IN THE WINTER of 1962-63, by now in my mid-twenties, I was appointed assistant courier and general dogsbody to Selwyn Lloyd, until recently our Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Britain and the Intellectuals by Mount, Ferdinand / The National Interest
She did the Harry Potter thing long ago in the Chrestomanci books, and has written many others, including The Ogre Downstairs, in which the children grow a hilarious crop of ancient Greek warriors; Dogsbody, featuring Sirius the Dog Star in canine form; The Homeward Bounders, a subtle riff on time travel; and, for older readers, Fire and Hemlock, an intense version of the Tam Lin legend.
To The Editors by Commonweal
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