Definition of "scut" []

• A stubby erect tail, as that of a hare, rabbit, or deer. (noun)
• Informal Routine or tedious work often viewed as menial. (noun)

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• "MSM may only be afraid of that messy little thing called scut work."
• "The tail of the hare is called the scut, and that of the dog is sometimes called the stern; but this last term, I believe, only relates to dogs used in hunting."
• "[1] I can find no authority for the old frontiersman's use of the word but in a certain Elizabethan dramatist; and as he uses the word "scut" for the bobtail of a fleeing rabbit or sheep, perhaps the meanings of the word as used are identical."