do the donkeywork

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• donkeywork — don|key|work [ˈdɔŋkiwə:k US ˈda:ŋkiwə:rk] n [U] BrE the hard boring work that is part of a job or project ▪ Why do I always have to do the donkeywork ? …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• donkeywork — noun (U) informal hard boring work; grunt work AmE: Why do I always have to do the donkeywork? …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• work — Synonyms and related words: Grand Guignol, Nachtmusik, Passion play, Tom show, abatis, absolute music, accomplish, accomplished fact, accomplishment, acetify, achieve, achievement, acidify, acidulate, act, acta, acting, action, activism,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• treadmill — Synonyms and related words: beat, beaten path, branks, broken record, bureaucracy, bureaucratism, chinoiserie, clockwork regularity, constancy, crank, cucking stool, daily grind, daily round, dingdong, dirty work, donkeywork, drone, drudgery,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• labor — I noun 1. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages (Freq. 20) there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field • Syn: ↑labour, ↑working class, ↑proletariat • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• donkey work — Informal. tedious, repetitious work; drudgery. Also, donkeywork /dong kee werrk , dawng , dung /. [1915 20] * * * donkey work UK US noun [uncountable] informal boring work that needs a lot of effort but has to be done as part of a job Why do I… …   Useful english dictionary

• labor — Synonyms and related words: accouchement, activities, activity, affair, affairs, aim, always trot out, amplify, assignment, bag, be busy, be confined, be determined, be employed, bear, bear a child, bear young, belabor, birth, birth throes,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• sweat — Synonyms and related words: BO, abide, ado, agitation, agonize, aim, all overs, anguish, anxiety, await, bake, be determined, be in heat, beaded brow, beads of sweat, befuddlement, bewilderment, bide, blaze, bleed, bloom, body odor, boil, bother …   Moby Thesaurus

• grind — Synonyms and related words: ablate, abrade, abrase, aculeate, acuminate, afflict, agonize, ail, application, atomize, badger, barb, bark, beast of burden, beat, beat down, beaten path, belch, bibliolater, bibliolatrist, bibliomane, bibliomaniac,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• industry — Synonyms and related words: Aktiengesellschaft, activity, aktiebolag, application, ardor, assiduity, assiduousness, balance of trade, big business, body corporate, bulldog tenacity, business, business dealings, business establishment, bustle,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• lick — Synonyms and related words: addle, amaze, approach, assay, attempt, baffle, bamboozle, bang, bash, bat, bear the palm, beat, beat all hollow, beat hollow, beating, belt, best, bid, biff, bite, blow, boggle, bonk, breath, brush, buffalo, cadenza,… …   Moby Thesaurus