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Dogsbody vs. Factotum

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Dogsbodynoun

(British) A person who does menial work, a servant.

Factotumnoun

(dated) A person having many diverse activities or responsibilities.

Dogsbodyverb

To act as a dogsbody, to do menial work:

Factotumnoun

(dated) A general servant.

Dogsbodynoun

a domestic servant

Factotumnoun

An individual employed to do all sorts of duties.

Dogsbody

A dogsbody, dog's body, or less commonly dog robber is someone who does menial or drudge work. Originally, in the British Royal Navy, a dogsbody was a semi-sarcastic colloquialism for a junior officer or midshipman.A rough American equivalent would be a package-handler, gofer, grunt, lackey or workhorse.

Factotumnoun

A jack of all trades.

Factotumnoun

A printer's ornament forming a decorative border into which any letter can be inserted to mark the beginning of a section of text.

Factotumnoun

A person employed to do all kinds of work or business; a person with many different responsibilities.

Factotumnoun

a servant employed to do a variety of jobs

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