menial, routine work, as that done by an underling
the scutwork of scrubbing pots and pans
Also: scut work
Word origin
[1960–65; scut (‹ ?) + work]This word is first recorded in the period 1960–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Pap test, buyback, deinstitutionalize, power play, tag question