boondoggle /boonˈdog-l/ (US)

1. A Scout's plaited cord of varicoloured leather strips
2. An article of simple handcraft
3. Work, or a task, of little or no practical value, esp work officially provided as a palliative for unemployment

To do such work

boon'doggler noun

• well-seen
• well-set
• well-set-up
• Wellsian
• well-sinker
• well-sinkers
• well-sinking
• well smack
• well-spent
• well-spoken
• wellspring
• wellsprings
• well-stacked
• well-tempered
• well then
• well-thewed
• well-thought-of
• well-thought-out
• well-thumbed
• well-timbered
• well-timed
• well-to-do
• well-to-live
• well-travelled
• well-tried