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dogsbody
[ dawgz-bod-ee, dogz- ]
noun
- a menial worker; drudge.
dogsbody
/ ˈdɒɡzˌbɒdɪ /
noun
- informal.a person who carries out menial tasks for others; drudge
verb
- intr to act as a dogsbody
Word History and Origins
Origin of dogsbody1
Example Sentences
Aiding everyone is Lisa Kwak as The Mute, a sort of onstage stagehand and dogsbody who distributes props as needed, moves set pieces and generally keeps the show moving.
He said: "He started out as a dogsbody at the Croydon Times and then just built this empire of 220 papers across the country."
He had dreamed of going on radio, and on a tip from a New York announcer moved to Miami, where he got a job as a dogsbody at a small station, WHAR.
I was 21, and worked at French Vogue as a general dogsbody and, just like Emily, my French boss despaired of me.
Emotional and artistic complexity are perfectly poised in this account of a listless 36-year-old office dogsbody who is thrown into an existential crisis by an encounter with his estranged dad.
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