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   dogsbody

   /ˈdɒɡzbɒdi/

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   • 1. a person who is given menial tasks to do, especially a junior in an office: informal British "I got myself a job as typist and general dogsbody on a small magazine"

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   • 1. dogsbodying noun

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   What is dogsbody?

   • Definition of dogsbody noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary a person who does all the boring jobs that nobody else wants to do, and who is treated as being less important than other people I got myself a job as a general office dogsbody on a small magazine.

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   What is the synonym of dogsbody?

   • Synonyms of dogsbody. drone, drudge, drudger, fag, foot soldier, grub, grubber, grunt, laborer, peon, plugger, slave, slavey, slogger, toiler, worker.

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   What does 'dog body' mean in slang?

   • To act as a dog's body, meaning to do menial work. The term originated from 1818 British navy slang, which was a derogatory reference to unappetizing pease pudding (compare dog's breakfast ). In the 20th century, it was applied to low-ranked sailors, and its usage has since widened to refer to menial servants.

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   What is a dog's body?

   • In the 19th century “dog’s body” was sailor slang for a common shipboard meal composed primarily of boiled peas, with powdered ships-biscuit or flour added as a thickener. I suspect that body here represents a euphemism for something even less savory. Around WW I the term came to be applied to junior officers:

   I heard someone use the term "dogs body" what does it mean?

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   Is dogsbody a derogatory term?

   • The term dogsbody has not always been derogatory, with a number of people deliberately using it as their callsign or handle. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

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   What is a general office dogbody?

   • a person who does all the boring jobs that nobody else wants to do, and who is treated as being less important than other people I got myself a job as a general office dogsbody on a small magazine. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.

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   Oct 28, 2017 · Dogsbody is a UK informal word for a person who does boring or unpleasant jobs that other people do not want to do. Learn more about its usage, synonyms, and translations from Cambridge Dictionary.

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     DOGSBODY meaning: 1. a person who has to do all the boring...

   • Znaczenie Dogsbody, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     dogsbody definicja: 1. a person who has to do all the boring...

   • Dogsbody: Russian Translation

     dogsbody translate: ишак, работяга. Learn more in the...

   • Dogsbody: Polish Translation

     DOGSBODY translate: sługus. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Dogsbody in Simplified Chinese

     DOGSBODY translate: 勤杂工，杂务工. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   noun. dogs· body ˈdȯgz-ˌbä-dē. Synonyms of dogsbody. chiefly British. : drudge sense 1. Synonyms. drone. drudger. foot soldier. grubber. grunt. laborer. peon. plugger. slave. slogger. toiler. worker. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of dogsbody in a Sentence.

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   A dogsbody, dog's body, or less commonly dog robber is someone who does menial or drudge work. [1] Originally, in the British Royal Navy, a dogsbody was a semi-sarcastic colloquialism for a junior officer or midshipman. [1] A batman has a similar function.

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   A dogsbody is a person who has to do all the boring jobs that nobody else wants to do.

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   dogsbody. noun. /ˈdɒɡzbɒdi/. /ˈdɔːɡzbɑːdi/. (plural dogsbodies) (British English, informal) a person who does all the boring jobs that nobody else wants to do, and who is treated as being less important than other people. I got myself a job as a general office dogsbody on a small magazine.

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   Dogsbody is a British slang term for a menial worker or drudge. It comes from a naval or sailing term for soaked sea biscuits or pease pudding.

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    dogsbody. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English dogs‧bod‧y /ˈdɒɡzˌbɒdi $ ˈdɒːɡzˌbɑːdi/ noun (plural dogsbodies) [countable] British English someone who has to do all the small boring jobs that no one else wants to do I spent the summer helping out as a general dogsbody.