How to pronounce dogsbody
American English pronunciation
DAWGZ-bod-ee
- IPA
- /ˈdɔɡzbɑdi/
- Syllables
- DAWGZ · bod · ee (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
- Also said
- DOGZ-bod-ee
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What dogsbody means
A person who does all the dull chores nobody else wants
In a sentence: As the newest worker, Sam was the office dogsbody who fetched coffee and sorted the mail.
Where it comes from: It began as British sailors' slang in 1818 for a plain pea pudding. Later it came to mean the lowest helper who does the boring jobs.
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