scutwork

English

Alternative forms

• scut work

Etymology

Combination of scut (a worthless person) and work

Noun

scutwork (uncountable)

1. tasks that are tedious and monotonous or trivial and menial, usually inherent in the operations of a larger project
   • 2000, Harvey Robbins and Michael Finley, The New Why Teams Don't Work: What Goes Wrong and How to Make It Right

     Everyone on a team must pull their fair share of scutwork if the team is to succeed.

   • 2003, Julia Spencer-Fleming, In the Bleak Midwinter

     Hard to keep that edge of horror over the death of another human being when it was surrounded by so much tedious scutwork.

Translations

tedious tasks

Dutch: rotwerk

References

• 2003, William S. Haubrich, Medical Meanings: A Glossary of Word Origins, Page 216
• 1990, George Morley Story, Dictionary of Newfoundland English, page 448