dogsbody

dogs·bod·y (dôgz

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pl. dogs·bod·ies Chiefly British Slang One who does menial work; a drudge.

[British slang, naval rations (obsolete), midshipman.]

dogsbody [ˈdɒgzˌbɒdɪ]

n pl -bodies

Informal a person who carries out menial tasks for others; drudge

vb -bodies, -bodying, -bodied

(intr) to act as a dogsbody

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Noun

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!"

dogsbody

noun (Informal) drudge, slave, menial, skivvy (chiefly Brit.), general factotum, maid or man of all work I turned out to be a general dogsbody.

Translations

dogsbody [ˈdɒgzbɒdɪ] N (Brit) → burro m de carga
to be the general dogsbody → ser el burro de carga de todo el mundo

dogsbody [ˈdɒgzbɒdi] n (British) → bonne f à tout faire
dog tag n (US) [soldier, pilot] → plaque f d'identification
dog-tired dog tired [ˌdɒgˈtaɪə^rd] adj (= exhausted) → crevé(e) >

dogsbody

n (Brit) she’s/he’s the general dogsbody → sie/er ist (das) Mädchen für alles

dogsbody [ˈdɒgzˌbɒdɪ] n (Brit) (fam) → tirapiedi m/f inv

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drudge
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menial
prole
proletarian
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When I looked up Richard Hamilton, Baldrick's cousin Bert is mentioned to be Gainsborough's butler's dogsbody.

Wiki tedium by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk

The US-Israel axis and its UK dogsbody are not noted for concern about other people's democratically elected governments.

Double Standards Guides Western Diplomacy by The Palestine Chronicle (Mountlake Terrace, WA)

Kathleen, 55, from Teesville, said: "He asked if I had a mobile phone and would I be prepared to go out and find a blonde woman who was good looking and between the ages of 30-55 and ask if they were willing to let me be their dogsbody for the day.

Don't be a dogsbody and be duped like me by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)

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