donkey work
Example Sentences
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Donkeys and donkey work are essential to the livelihoods of people in developing countries, but elsewhere donkeys have all but disappeared.
From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2023
This seems an excellent use of a computer to do the donkey work for us, but unfortunately it does not get rid of all the labor.
From Scientific American • Aug. 23, 2011
A product tester's responses to a TV advert are automatically decoded by ThirdSight's software But this obstacle could soon be removed, by allowing computers to do most of the donkey work.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2011
Workforce beat the old course record by about six lengths, but only beat At First Sight, who'd done the donkey work, by seven lengths, so that horse nearly broke the old course record too.
From The Guardian • Jan. 12, 2011
My friend gives her name because she married a lord, but I'm to do the donkey work.
From The Sailor by Snaith, J. C.
