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donkeywork

donkeywork 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 donkeywork

What is donkeywork the alternative form of?
Donkeywork is the alternative form of donkey work.

Words near donkeywork in the dictionary

  1. donkeypunches
  2. donkeypunching
  3. donkeys
  4. donkeys' years
  5. donkeyshit
  6. donkeywork
  7. donkies
  8. Donkin
  9. donking
  10. Donkins
  11. Donkor

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Adapted from Wiktionary: donkeywork (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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