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donkey work

noun

  1. Informal. tedious, repetitious work; drudgery.


donkey-work

noun

  1. groundwork
  2. drudgery US equivalentdraft-mule work
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of donkey work1

First recorded in 1915–20
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Donkeys and donkey work are essential to the livelihoods of people in developing countries, but elsewhere donkeys have all but disappeared.

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"Ruto did the donkey work in 2013 and 2017. Were it not for him Uhuru would not have become president. Is that the way to repay a friend?"

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“We didn’t need him any more, because we knew what we were doing. It was my show, and yet he was doing all the donkey work – he didn’t like that combination and said he didn’t enjoy coming down. I said, well, can we call it a day then? He was unhappy to go – we probably did fall out. But two jockeys on a horse doesn’t really work, does it? We’re best of friends now, though.â€

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More sophisticated applications can help them take the donkey work out of repetitive translations.

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Team Jumbo-Visma’s Tony Martin is doing all the donkey work at the front of the bunch, where assorted cyclists are attending to the call of nature, or dropping back to their team cars for refreshments.

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