Carl becomes a kind of dogsbody for the station staff, doing their bidding and absorbing their wisdom. From Wordnik.com. [Marshall Fine: Huff Post Review: Pirate Radio plays the hits - and misses] Reference
Lets hope 'Tree of Life' will be his next. dogsbody. From Wordnik.com. [Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life to Get Cannes Premiere? | /Film] Reference
I used to work as a dogsbody in a Recruitment Agency. From Wordnik.com. [busy] Reference
'It's no good telling me, Sharpe, I'm just a dogsbody.'. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Regiment]
Seth minded the pond and was, as he said himself, general dogsbody. From Wordnik.com. [Winter Bloom] Reference
Park Chan-wook Oldboy was loosely based on the Japanese manga. dogsbody. From Wordnik.com. [Steven Spielberg and Will Smith’s Old Boy is No More | /Film] Reference
According to Michael Quinion, dogsbody comes from the British Royal Navy. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-05-01] Reference
I really need a secretary/dogsbody to handle most of this for me, but I can't afford one. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-10-01] Reference
But while the media may accept, even adore, an imperial prez, they're not total dogsbody. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Montana and the Morbidly Obese VAT Tax] Reference
I am a combination of researcher, secretary, office girl, tea maker and general dogsbody. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Scriptwriter]
I was once an employee at a large DIY store chain in the UK as a till jockey/general dogsbody. From Wordnik.com. [Top 20 Stupid Client Quotes] Reference
You may remember Robinson from Blackadder, wherein he was once credited as "Baldrick, a dogsbody". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-05-01] Reference
Just like the whole "Pixar can't make good female characters," the media is grasping straws. dogsbody. From Wordnik.com. [Is Pixar Socially Conservative? | /Film] Reference
Marge, the sheriff's secretary, dispatcher, and general dogsbody, could hardly wait to spread the news. From Wordnik.com. [Till Hell Freezes Over]
I became a messenger, or I had a job called "desk assistant," which basically meant dogsbody at ABC News. From Wordnik.com. [Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden] Reference
Hepworth describes first meeting Costello in 1977 as a record-company dogsbody assigned to the rising star. From Wordnik.com. [Word Up] Reference
Cantara Christopher, who refers to herself as 'dogsbody and publisher', has some reports from Paris on her blog. From Wordnik.com. [Cantara Christopher on publishing] Reference
What with all the right-born boys - an 'I couldn't see that one bein' happy as anybody's dogsbody squire, you know?. From Wordnik.com. [Magic's Promise]
For an honorarium of a few dollars a day I did dogsbody jobs around his office and immersed myself in Midwest politics. From Wordnik.com. [Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography]
I was “Executive Housekeeper”, a grand title for a general dogsbody who races around carting linen hither and thither. From Wordnik.com. [Words, words, glorious words!] Reference
Which is to say, he wasn't the ruthless gunslinger and blackguard of legend; nor was he merely Wyatt Earp's loyal dogsbody. From Wordnik.com. [Well, I don't know what I am going to stack up against today. I am getting tired of it all.] Reference
I am a bit of a dogsbody at the moment but this is a massive, massive day for us and for BAE. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Mail news round-up] Reference
Quick thinking on the part of embittered dogsbody and memoir maven Urquhart Depew saved the day. From Wordnik.com. [David Thayer] Reference
The MP bit means that it's set up as a photo printer rather than as a general dogsbody workhorse. From Wordnik.com. [Making a Mark] Reference
Jean McFarlane, who worked as a self-described 'general dogsbody' at Penguin in the late 1930s, remembered her as. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
It was Caroline Thomson's dogsbody and teaboy - onerous duties which justified his salary of over 100 grand a year. From Wordnik.com. [Blogposts | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Michael Gilbert, 26, was used as a 'dogsbody and slave', shackled to a bed and attacked by the group's pet pit bulls. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
He describes his title as "general dogsbody", but for 22 years STEVE ALLAN has been evangelical about the merits of Provan Hall House. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Through an accident, Haruhi becomes indebted (literally) to the Host Club and at first becomes their dogsbody (gofer and general servant). From Wordnik.com. [Mania News Feed] Reference
He is always accompanied by Lord Percy & Baldrick, the Blackadder’s dogsbody. From Wordnik.com. [Homophobiaphobia | Mind on Fire] Reference
Kit’s promised to be my dogsbody today—it’s my reward for making scones and cake. From Wordnik.com. [Dreaming of the Bones] Reference
This dogsbody to rid of vermin. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
Ah, poor dogsbody! he said in a kind voice. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
I remember him as Barbara Castle's dogsbody. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference
They have become a dogsbody of appeasing rabble. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Alley Mills), who also serves as his secretary and dogsbody. From Wordnik.com. [LA Weekly | Complete Issue] Reference
Spain "and" The Moor of Virginia ", both of which feature playwright, rakehell and dogsbody. From Wordnik.com. [jreynolds] Reference
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