menial labor
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At the time — this is in the early 90s — cooking in a kitchen was still menial labor.
From Salon • Sep. 28, 2024
Penal colony is a term used to describe the most common type of prison in Russia, where inmates are housed in barracks and engage in menial labor for symbolic pay.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 18, 2022
Taiwan’s mandatory military service is often likened to a summer camp, where recruits spend more time doing menial labor than learning combat skills.
From Washington Post • Jul. 3, 2022
It depicts a future Los Angeles where replicants — bioengineered androids nearly indistinguishable from humans and tasked with menial labor on off-world colonies — are illegal on Earth.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2016
With Geak toddling after us, Chou and I and the other children work in the gardens and do menial labor in the village.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
