scut work
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scut work — ☆ scut work n. [? < SCUT, sense 2] Informal work that is regarded as tedious and routine or menial … English World dictionary
scut work — noun trivial, unrewarding, tedious, dirty, and disagreeable chores the hospital hired him to do scut work • Syn: ↑shitwork • Hypernyms: ↑job, ↑task, ↑chore * * * noun Etymology: probably from medical … Useful english dictionary
scut work — noun Distasteful tasks. Scut Work … Wiktionary
scut work — noun Etymology: probably from medical argot scut junior intern Date: circa 1962 routine and often menial labor … New Collegiate Dictionary
Scut — is a term often used to describe menial work,cite web |url=http://mw1.m w.com/dictionary/scut%20work |title=scut work Definition from the Merriam Webster Online Dictionary |format= |work= |accessdate=] especially in the medical profession to… … Wikipedia
scut monkey — noun New medical students, as they begin their clinical rotations (often after the first two years of a four year medical program), or new residents who are rotating off service. Syn: scut boy, scut dog See Also: scut work … Wiktionary
work — Synonyms and related words: Grand Guignol, Nachtmusik, Passion play, Tom show, abatis, absolute music, accomplish, accomplished fact, accomplishment, acetify, achieve, achievement, acidify, acidulate, act, acta, acting, action, activism,… … Moby Thesaurus
work — I n. labor 1) to do work (they never do any work) 2) to begin; quit, stop work (they quit work at one o clock) 3) to take on work 4) to undo smb. s work 5) backbreaking, hard; delicate; demanding; dirty, scut; easy, light; exhausting, tiring;… … Combinatory dictionary
dirty work — Synonyms and related words: dirty pool, dirty trick, donkeywork, double dealing, drudgery, duplicity, employment, fag, falseheartedness, fatigue, foul play, grind, handiwork, handwork, industry, labor, lick, lick of work, manual labor, moil,… … Moby Thesaurus
scutwork — scut′work or scut′ work n. cvb inf menial, routine work, as that done by an underling • Etymology: 1960–65; scut, of undetermined orig … From formal English to slang
