donkey work
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donkey-work
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donkeywork
Noun
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donkey
work
(
uncountable
)
(
idiomatic
)
Hard, boring, routine work.
Why does everyone else get the interesting work while I have to do all the
donkey work
?
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hard, boring, routine work
Greek:
αγγαρεία
(el)
f
(
angareía
)
Manx:
tooilleil
f
Turkish:
angarya
(tr)
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