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peon
noun as in menial worker
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During the same press conference in Dhaka, she said she had taken action against a household assistant – or peon - after he allegedly amassed $34 million.
“He was the highest-paid actor in the world. I was a peon.”
You, the peon in this unequal relationship, are the one who’s supposed to make the pilgrimage to pay your respects to the king.
Translation: Today, a peon testified in Congress; she is too unimportant to name Translation: Today, a peon testified in Congress; she is too unimportant to name.
Masters started out as “a complete peon” on the set of 1986’s “Big Trouble in Little China” before rising through the ranks as a makeup artist.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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