Definition of "dogsbody" []

• Chiefly British Slang One who does menial work; a drudge. (noun)

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• "One of his first hires when he entered the Senate in 1977 was the equivalent of a parliamentary private secretary — a "dogsbody," in British parlance — whose task was to scour the press every day and then draft notes to anyone and everyone who might appropriately receive a comment or observation from a newly installed U. S senator who hoped to remain one for a long time."
• "Carl becomes a kind of dogsbody for the station staff, doing their bidding and absorbing their wisdom."
• "In the early part of the 20th century, "dogsbody" came to mean the guy who gets the crap jobs."