donkeywork

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
donkeywork
    n 1: hard monotonous routine work [syn: {drudgery}, {plodding},
         {grind}, {donkeywork}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
donkeywork \donkeywork\ n.
   hard menial routine work.

   Syn: drudgery, grind, scut work.
        [WordNet 1.5]
    

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