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
Some former conscripts often don’t get proper military training when they serve and instead are engaged in menial labor.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2022
“It’s menial labor — it’s sweeping and mopping for the most part, washing windows — but it’s 100 percent legit,” Foster said.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2021
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
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
