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View synonyms for donkey work

donkey work

noun

  1. Informal. tedious, repetitious work; drudgery.


donkey-work

noun

  1. groundwork
  2. drudgery US equivalentdraft-mule work
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of donkey work1

First recorded in 1915–20
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Example Sentences

All this fiddling donkey-work with which women occupied themselves at home—he dismissed it.

In fact, the pioneering and donkey work has all been done, and the country only waits for us to step into our new inheritance.

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