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dogsbody

 
 
/ˈdɒgzbɒdi/ noun [C] (plural dogsbodies) UK

Definition

a person who does boring or unpleasant jobs that people who are considered more important do not want to do: It is possible to become a junior account executive without previous experience - although you would expect to be a dogsbody at first.
(Definition of dogsbody noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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