dogsbody

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈdɒɡz.bɒ.dɪ/
• (America) IPA: /ˈdɔɡz.bɑ.di/, /ˈdɑɡz.bɑ.di/

Noun

dogsbody (plural dogsbodies)

1. (British) A person who does menial work, a servant.
   • That's just Baldrick, my dogsbody. — Blackadder.
   • 1995, Paul Kussmaul, Training The Translator, John Benjamins Publishing Co, p. 146:

     Furthermore, there are still rather backward opinions in our society about the role of a translator. A translator is often regarded as a linguistic dogsbody.

Synonyms

• factotum
• gofer
• handyman
• jack of all trades
• odd job

Translations

• French: larbin
• German: Handlanger
• Spanish: mandado

Verb

dogsbody

1. To act as a dogsbody, to do menial work:

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