wood-and-water joey


noun
  1. Australian informal a person employed to carry out menial tasks

Origin of wood-and-water joey

1
from the biblical phrase ``hewers of wood and drawers of water'' (Joshua 9:21) and joey

Words Nearby wood-and-water joey

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