dogsbody
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dogsbody
- /ˈdɒɡz.bɒ.dɪ/ UK
- /ˈdɔɡz.bɑ.di/ US
- /ˈdɑɡz.bɑ.di/ US
Where it comes from
From dog + -s- + body. 1818, British navy slang (dog's body), originally derogatory reference to unappetizing pease pudding (compare dog's breakfast), as if it were made of mashed dog meat. In 20th century applied to low-ranked sailors, thence menial servants in wider usage.
noun dogsbodies
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A person who does menial work, a servant.
Who chose this face for me? This dogsbody to rid of vermin.
Similar: batman, grunt, factotum, gofer, handyman, jack of all trades, odd job, workhorse
- Alternative form of dog's body (“pease pudding”)
verb dogsbodies · dogsbodying · dogsbodied
- To act as a dogsbody, to do menial work Perhaps because, having been brought up in all those different countries and languages, and then studying economics of all things for just a year, followed by four years dogsbodying for a haulage company, he had never got any serious reading done.
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noun Person who does menial work
| Español | mandado |
|---|---|
| Français | larbin, petite main |
| Deutsch | Handlanger, Diener, Scherge |
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