dogsbody
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Aiding everyone is Lisa Kwak as The Mute, a sort of onstage stagehand and dogsbody who distributes props as needed, moves set pieces and generally keeps the show moving.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
Shelley is forbearance personified but she’s tired of being taken by Mira “for a dogsbody, a beta fish, a bridesmaid, a ride-along.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2023
In pursuit of her, he enlists as a dogsbody on the Ibn Battuta, a ferry between Tangier and Algeciras.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 19, 2018
Mr Wood lacked such knowledge and would have only been able to act as a "general dogsbody", the lawyer said.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2016
Ali-Reza, on the other hand, did not conceal his unhappiness at being a dogsbody.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 7, 2015
It could become a palace of unelected hacks and dogsbodies, unlikely to provide independent and considered advice.
From Time Magazine Archive
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