grunt work

Fig. work that is menial and thankless. During the summer, I earned money doing grunt work. I did all of the grunt work on the project, but my boss got all of the credit.

grunt work

(American informal)

hard work that is not very interesting Her job was nothing glamorous - a lot of grunt work drafting agreements for others to sign.

See donkey work

grunt work

and shit work

n. hard, menial labor; tedious work. (Work that a lesser person ought to be doing.) Who is supposed to do the grunt work around here? Not me! Why am I always doing the shit work?

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Balmer	['bɑ:mə]
Gore	[gɔ:r]
Goodwin	GUWD-win	English (Rare)
Eudocia	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Katriina	KAHT-ree:-nah	Finnish
Nava	-	Hebrew