- dogsbodies
- 'dÉ’gz- n. servant, drudge, one who performs undesirable or menial jobs (British Slang)
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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dogsbody — /dawgz bod ee, dogz /, n., pl. dogsbodies. Chiefly Brit. Slang. a menial worker; drudge. [1810 20; orig. a junior naval officer, earlier a sailor s term for soaked sea biscuits or pease pudding] * * * … Universalium
dogsbody — dogs‧bod‧y [ˈdɒgzˌbɒdi ǁ ˈdɒːgzˌbɑːdi] noun dogsbodies PLURALFORM [countable] informal someone who is given the uninteresting or unpleasant jobs to do: • I got myself a job as typist and general dogsbody on a small magazine. * * * dogsbody UK US… … Financial and business terms
dogsbody — dogs|bod|y [ˈdɔgzˌbɔdi US ˈdo:gzˌba:di] n plural dogsbodies BrE 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 on the local paper … Dictionary of contemporary English
dogsbody — [[t]dɒ̱gzbɒdi, AM dɔ͟ːgz [/t]] dogsbodies N COUNT A dogsbody is a person who has to do all the boring jobs that nobody else wants to do. [BRIT, INFORMAL] I thought it would be glamorous but I just turned out to be a general dogsbody. Syn: gofer … English dictionary
dogsbody — noun (plural dogsbodies) Brit. informal a person who is given boring, menial tasks … English new terms dictionary
dogsbody — UK [ˈdɒɡzˌbɒdɪ] / US [ˈdɑɡzˌbɑdɪ] noun [countable] Word forms dogsbody : singular dogsbody plural dogsbodies British informal someone who is forced to do all the jobs that no one else wants to do … English dictionary
dogsbody — ► NOUN (pl. dogsbodies) Brit. informal ▪ a person who is given boring, menial tasks … English terms dictionary
dogsbody — [dôgz′bäd΄ē] n. pl. dogsbodies [Brit. Informal] a person appointed or hired to do menial work; drudge … English World dictionary
