donkey work
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"You want a bowler who can swing it, another bowler who has proper pace, another who can reverse swing it and another who can do the donkey work," said BBC chief cricket commentator Jonathan Agnew.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
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
Most parenting, especially in the early days, is donkey work.
From The Guardian ● May 13, 2017
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
In fact, the pioneering and donkey work has all been done, and the country only waits for us to step into our new inheritance.
From Sketches of the East Africa Campaign by Robert Valentine Dolbey
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