menial labor
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At the time — this is in the early 90s — cooking in a kitchen was still menial labor.
From Salon • Sep. 28, 2024
Penal colony is a term used to describe the most common type of prison in Russia, where inmates are housed in barracks and engage in menial labor for symbolic pay.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 18, 2022
Cerritos, handling much of the menial labor that keeps a starship running while the bridge crew gets to have all the fun you see in most other Star Trek shows.
From The Verge • Aug. 6, 2020
Many of their classmates are struggling, selling vegetables or doing menial labor.
From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2018
With Geak toddling after us, Chou and I and the other children work in the gardens and do menial labor in the village.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
