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dogsbody
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tags: [britain] [rare]
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Definition:a servant who performs menial tasks
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(Baldrick enters carrying a mop.)
George: Oh my God, and here he is!
Blackadder: Don't be silly, sir. That's Baldrick - my dogsbody.
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she offered him a desk in a corner and soon took him on as a permanent dogsbody, and anon as a staff reporter.
Stieg Larsson. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Reg Keeland translation), p.369 (2009)
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—Ah, poor dogsbody! he said in a kind voice.
James Joyce. Ulysses
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