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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Noun
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While Ye did pay him $260,000, Saxon says much of that went back into the house and was used for construction material and laborers.—
Victoria Bekiempis,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2026 -
Witkus offered to show him to where other laborers were working, and the man thanked him.—
James Verini,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The Labor Department published a rule Friday that would undo egregious attempts during the last administration to classify more workers as employees rather than independent contractors.—
Editorial Board,
Washington Post,
28 Feb. 2026
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Groups representing 700,000 workers at Google, Amazon, and Microsoft have also signed an open letter.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Feb. 2026
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Drone task force security model Haiti National Police Director Andre Jonas Vladimir Paraison said gang leaders are running and hiding while deploying their foot soldiers to the front lines.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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Congress has become the president’s foot soldiers.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Nov. 2025
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“Dogsbodies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dogsbodies. Accessed 8 Mar. 2026.
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