A servant employed to do menial work; a drudge.
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| 释义 | society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > menial servant or drudge (32) drivelc1225 A servant employed to do menial work; a drudge. meniala1387 A menial servant or worker (see sense A. 2); a person engaged in menial work. druggarc1500 A person or animal who carries heavy burdens; a drudge. drudgea1513 One employed in mean, servile, or distasteful work; a slave, a hack; a hard toiler. kitchen wencha1556 A female servant (esp. a girl or young woman) employed to do menial tasks in a kitchen. Cf. kitchen knave, n., scullion, n. coal carrier1567 A person who does dirty, menial, or degrading work, esp. of a secretive nature; a go-between, a sycophant. Cf. to carry coals at coal, n. phrases 4… droy1570 A servant; a drudge. packhorse?1577 figurative. A person or thing likened to a packhorse; a drudge. droil1579 A servant of all work; a drudge. blue coat1583 Now usually in form bluecoat. A person whose uniform includes or is distinguished by a blue coat. A person of low social status; esp. a servant… sumpter1587 figurative. A person who carries a (literal or figurative) burden for another, or who is otherwise forced to work hard by someone else. Cf. packhorse… mill-horse1602 figurative or in extended use. A person or thing resembling a mill-horse, esp. in being restricted by choice or circumstance to a monotonous… subsizar1602 figurative. Someone who performs menial tasks, a lackey. Obsolete. jackal1649 A person who acts like a jackal, esp. by behaving in an aggressive or predatory way, often operating as part of a group or gang; spec. a… mediastine1658 A (kitchen) servant; a menial (in quot. 1716 used attributive). slut1664 A kitchen or scullery maid; a (typically female) servant of low status, a drudge. Chiefly in cook, slut, and butler and variants. Now rare. hack1699 Originally: a person who may be hired to do any kind of work as required; a drudge, a lackey (cf. hackney, n. 2). In later use: spec. a person who… scrub1709 One who scrubs; a hard-worked servant, a drudge. Perhaps with some reference to scrub, n.1 5a. Gibeonite1798 One of the inhabitants of Gibeon who were condemned by Joshua to be ‘hewers of wood and drawers of water’ for the Israelites (Joshua ix. 27)… the lion's provider1808 Proverbial and allusive phrases. the lion's provider = jackal, n., literal and figurative. slush1825 dialect. A drudge. Slave of the Lampc1840 Slave of the Lamp, in the story of Aladdin in the Arabian Nights: a genie summoned by rubbing a magic lamp and bound to perform the wishes of the… runabout1893 An assistant; a dogsbody. lobby-gow1906 An errand-boy, messenger; a hanger-on, underling, esp. in an opium den or in the Chinese quarter of a town. squidge1907 One charged with performing troublesome duties for another (see quots.). dogsbody1922 colloquial. A person who is given menial tasks, esp. a junior person in an office. Frequently in general dogsbody. legman1939 A person employed to perform various (generally menial or unskilled) tasks, typically involving moving from place to place or providing the material… shit-kicker1950 Australian. A person who performs menial or unskilled jobs. Subcategories:— condition of (3) — boy (1) |
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