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
Washington State, cold and winter-bruised, was the scene of much of the donkey work that went into Stevens' comeback.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 3, 2013
However, he's played most of the time in the back row for Wasps and he's got to adjust to the donkey work, as it were, needed in the second row.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2012
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
I can do all the donkey work, but I’ve got no head for business.
From The Phantom Lover by Ruby M. (Ruby Mildred) Ayres
