scutwork
or scut work
[ skuht-wurk ]
nounInformal.
menial, routine work, as that done by an underling: the scutwork of scrubbing pots and pans.
Origin of scutwork
11960–65; scut (< ?) + work
Words Nearby scutwork
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How to use scutwork in a sentence
His duties must eventually have included more than mere scutwork.
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