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donkey-work

donkey-work is the alternative form of donkey work.

Meaning of donkey work

Noun

donkey work (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) Work that is difficult, boring, and routine.
    • Why does everyone else get the interesting work while I have to do all the donkey work, and even the company's dirty work?

Questions about donkey-work

What is donkey-work the alternative form of?
Donkey-work is the alternative form of donkey work.

Words near donkey-work in the dictionary

  1. donkey-boys
  2. donkey-punch
  3. donkey-punched
  4. donkey-punches
  5. donkey-punching
  6. donkey-work
  7. donkeyback
  8. donkeyboy
  9. donkeyboys
  10. donkeycock
  11. donkeycocks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: donkey-work (page history and authors); donkey work (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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