dogsbodies

noun

plural of dogsbody, chiefly British
as in laborers
a person who does very hard or dull work I worked for several years as a gofer and general dogsbody for a London publishing house

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  1. laborers
  2. workers
  3. foot soldiers
Noun
  • In the shrimp ponds, these landless laborers earn only a few dollars a day, with no contracts or protections.
    — Zakir Hossain Chowdhury, The Dial, 7 July 2026
  • Duties while at the firehouse included speaking with laborers and subcontractors, ordering supplies and discussions with other Good Neighbor Investors members, Mora recalled.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of laborers
Noun
  • There are more than 70 cardrooms across California employing about 20,000 workers, according to the California Gaming Assn.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • In March, Jamaica ended its 50-year medical cooperation agreement with Cuba, affecting nearly 300 healthcare workers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
Definition of workers
Noun
  • Barton’s pseudo-scholarship furnished Christian nationalists with valuable ammunition, but the movement needed foot soldiers.
    — Michael Luo, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
  • The result is child foot soldiers hired as hitmen, becoming both the perpetrators of crime and the victims of criminals.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 June 2026
Definition of foot soldiers
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