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

• sight-readers
• sight-reading
• sights
• sight-sang
• sightsaw
• sight screen
• sight screens
• sightsee
• sightseeing
• sightseeings
• sightseen
• sightseer
• sightseers
• sightsees
• sight-sing
• sight-singer
• sight-singers
• sight-singing
• sight-sings
• sightsman
• sightsmen
• sight-sung
• sight unseen
• sightworthy
• sigil