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DONKEYWORK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does donkeywork mean? 

DONKEYWORK (noun)
  The noun DONKEYWORK has 1 sense:

1. hard monotonous routine workplay

  Familiarity information: DONKEYWORK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DONKEYWORK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Hard monotonous routine work

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

donkeywork; drudgery; grind; plodding

Hypernyms ("donkeywork" is a kind of...):

labor; labour; toil (productive work (especially physical work done for wages))


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