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scut
1[ skuht ]
noun
- a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
scut
2[ skuht ]
noun
- a worthless, contemptible person.
scut
/ skʌt /
noun
- the short tail of animals such as the deer and rabbit
Word History and Origins
Origin of scut1
Word History and Origins
Origin of scut1
Example Sentences
But it becomes a problem when colleagues regularly have to take on someone else’s scut work or put more thought into fixing a work product than was put into creating it.
There’s also a very practical reason for clambering up and down mountains, or doing anything arduous and unglamorous, what PIH-ers called “scut work.”
Normally, the vice president gets the scut work, like, say, going to Lorain, Ohio, to talk about the infrastructure law.
The Senate twice used special trial committees in the late 1980s to handle the scut work of impeachments of federal judges, procedures that were upheld by the Supreme Court.
“It’s not as easy as people think. The boring stuff matters — the scut work of supply chain and logistics and management is crucial.”
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