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DOGSBODY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dogsbody mean?
• DOGSBODY (noun)
The noun DOGSBODY has 1 sense:
1. a worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to do
Familiarity information: DOGSBODY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to do
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("dogsbody" is a kind of...):
prole; proletarian; worker (a member of the working class (not necessarily employed))
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