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donkey work

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donkey work  (British, American & Australian informal) also grunt work (American informal)
hard, boring work
Usage notes: In the past, donkeys were used to carry heavy loads.
Why do I have to do all the donkey work while you get to do the interesting stuff?
See also: donkey, work


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In the Tokyo-Glasgow collaboration, "the real donkey work and the part where no one thought we were getting anywhere was the 6 or 7 years of trying to purify enough enzyme to work with," Crozier recalls.
 
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