This article is about a slang term. For the novel by Diana Wynne Jones, see Dogsbody (novel). For the album by Model/Actriz, see Dogsbody (album).
A dogsbody, dog's body, or less commonly dog robber is someone who does menial or drudge work.[1] Originally, in the British Royal Navy, a dogsbody was a semi-sarcastic colloquialism for a junior officer or midshipman.[1] A batman has a similar function.
A rough American equivalent would be a package-handler, gofer, grunt,[2] lackey, or workhorse.[3]
^ abOxford English Dictionary, 3rd edition, 2010, s.v.
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...
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side of Bader's Spitfire. These letters gave rise to his radio call-sign "Dogsbody". During 1941 his wing was re-equipped with Spitfire VBs, which had two...
in Charlotte Mews. He earned £3 10s (£3.50) a week, and acted as studio dogsbody. He was delighted to be called to an interview with photographer John French...
a slave. Yassen is put to work as Sharkovsky's food taster and general dogsbody to the dacha with no indication that he will ever escape. After several...
really. I'd get the tea, and get the sandwiches at lunch time. I was just a dogsbody." Anderson had broken into the Nottingham Forest team during 1974 and became...
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Maison Maquet. Many devotees of Dumas claim that "Maquet was merely a dogsbody whose capacity for hard work was his greatest talent." Others, such as...
of chores. The name alludes to "Friday", Robinson Crusoe's native male dogsbody in Daniel Defoe's novel. According to Merriam-Webster's, the term was first...
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Ashes to Ashes. The character of Chris Skelton has been described as a "dogsbody" who is a "cheeky but likeable character" by the BBC's Life on Mars website...
the latter's duplicitous persona, and as such is confined to being Del's dogsbody and sidekick. Orphaned when young, Rodney was raised by Del, and much of...
pranks – is strangled with an apron belonging to camp maid and general dogsbody Mavis Jug. Inspector Mallory arrests her while Father Brown and Sergeant...
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That same night, he also robs her of even more money. Mr. Chuckster, the dogsbody of the notary Mr. Witherden, who employs Mr. Abel Garland. He takes a strong...
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