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单词 dogsbody
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dogsbody

[ dawgz-bod-ee, dogz- ]
/ ˈdɔgzˌbɒd i, ˈdɒgz- /

noun, plural dogs·bod·ies.Chiefly British Slang.

a menial worker; drudge.

Origin of dogsbody

First recorded in 1810–20; originally a junior naval officer, earlier a sailor's term for soaked sea biscuits or pease pudding

Words nearby dogsbody

dog-roll, dog rose, dogs, dog's age, dog salmon, dogsbody, dog's breakfast, dog's chance, dog's disease, dog's-ear, dog shift
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British Dictionary definitions for dogsbody

dogsbody
/ (ˈdɒɡzˌbɒdɪ) /

noun plural -bodies

informal a person who carries out menial tasks for others; drudge

verb -bodies, -bodying or -bodied

(intr) to act as a dogsbody
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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