scutwork
See also: scut work
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
scut + work; see scut (“contemptible person”).
Noun edit
scutwork (uncountable)
- Tasks that are tedious and monotonous or trivial and menial, usually inherent in the operations of a larger project.
- 2000, Harvey Robbins, Michael Finley, The New Why Teams Don't Work: What Goes Wrong and How to Make It Right:
- Everyone on a team must pull their fair share of scutwork if the team is to succeed.
- 2003, Julia Spencer-Fleming, In the Bleak Midwinter:
- Hard to keep that edge of horror over the death of another human being when it was surrounded by so much tedious scutwork.
Translations edit
tedious tasks
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References edit
- William S. Haubrich (2003) Medical Meanings: A Glossary of Word Origins, page 216
- George Morley Story (1990) Dictionary of Newfoundland English, page 448