noun
- people who are given menial or tedious tasks to do, especially those considered to be of low status in an organization
Usage: British informal; plural of dogsbody
Examples
- The new interns were treated like dogsbodies, fetching coffee and making photocopies all day.
- We’re tired of being the office dogsbodies while others get the interesting assignments.
- The senior staff left all the cleanup work to the dogsbodies.
- Don’t let them turn you into one of their dogsbodies.
- The dogsbodies were expected to work overtime without extra pay.
- She refused to be treated as a dogsbody and demanded more meaningful work.