donkey-work

It follows that the more ‘bang for your buck’ these kinds of attention-grabbing games require, the more donkey-work it takes to set them up.

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Anyway, those shrinks work out the J&I with the relevant lines, and fire that down the tube to one of you guys -- cause they're too busy to do that sorta donkey-work.

AI - Mark 3 Hal Duncan 2006

Anyway, those shrinks work out the J&I with the relevant lines, and fire that down the tube to one of you guys -- cause they're too busy to do that sorta donkey-work.

Archive 2006-10-01 Hal Duncan 2006

Now, equality is something that you can preach for as long as you can stand but the landowners still get all the perks and the donkeys still do all the donkey-work.

Tony's Farm 2006

We'll do the donkey-work and let them up above make the decisions.

Autumn Maze Cleary, Jon, 1917- 1994

Mr Brent probably does the donkey-work - sees to the caterpillars and so on.

Five Go To Billycock Hill Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1957

She had done all the donkey-work and licked things into shape.

In the Fifth at Malory Towers Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1950

She had done so much for Moira, been so nice to her, taken such a lot of donkey-work off her shoulders " and all she got was that scornful, hateful name " Saint Catherine.

In the Fifth at Malory Towers Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1950

We don't need Moira now the donkey-work is done. '

In the Fifth at Malory Towers Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1950

London before the bust-up came, and the Dean sent for me to-day and said it seemed a pity for me to slog at the donkey-work again, when I knew it.

Captivity M. Leonora Eyles 1924