i, ˈdɒgz- noun, plural dogs·bod·ies. Chiefly British Slang.
a menial worker; drudge.
Origin:
1810–20; originally a junior naval officer, earlier a sailor's term for soaked sea biscuits or pease pudding
1810–20; originally a junior naval officer, earlier a sailor's term for soaked sea biscuits or pease pudding
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| —n , pl -bodies | |
| 1. | informal a person who carries out menial tasks for others; drudge |
| —vb , -bodies, -bodies, -bodying, -bodied | |
| 2. | (intr) to act as a dogsbody |
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Dogsbody
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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