单词 | dog's work |
释义 | > as lemmasdog's work dog's work n. = dog work n. at Compounds 3a.In quot. 1847 probably not as a fixed collocation. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > servile or menial work thrall-workc1175 drudgery1548 slavery1551 journey-work1614 drudgery work1632 slave work1808 hackwork1824 dog's work1847 dog work1850 grind1851 daily grind1853 slave work1916 donkey-work1920 clock-punching1929 legwork1942 shitwork1958 kyeyo1996 1847 G. Lippard Quaker City I. 140 ‘D'ye edit your paper, by yourself?’ ‘Bless you, no!..Whenever I find an author in extreme distress—rather out of pocket, you know?—I take him into my office; give him a dog's salary, and make him do a dog's work.’ 1851 Amer. Rev. Apr. 371/2 Am I to wear out all the poor remainder of my days in this dog's-work? 1912 E. F. Murphy Open Trails xxii. 240 I like this better than copying, for copying is dog's work. 2005 D. M. Oshinsky Polio ix. 152 Doing the dog's work that his betters refused to do. < as lemmas |
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