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Meanings of menial in English

Used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

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Dogsbody.

Usage of menial in English
1
The braves themselves did not condescend to menial labor of this kind.
Man-Size
2
Yes; for a more menial slave was never sold from the block.
Bamboo Tales
3
We all share whatever work there is, and no labor is menial.
Daybreak; A Romance of an Old World
4
He had been paraded, before the multitudes, the menial of the Jew.
Notable Women of Olden Time
5
You found him a dependent menial; you have made him a soldier.
The Facts of Reconstruction
6
Part of those menial activities had been to clean the animal cages.
Storm Over Warlock
7
And so I found myself in jobs that would be considered menial.
The Guardian
8
She spoke in a tone of physical as well as menial agony.
Ernest Linwood; or, The Inner Life of the Author
9
She was the head of the household, but no menial nor scullion.
Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks / A Picture of New ...
10
But you allow him to perform tasks of the most menial kind.
The Backwoods of Canada / Being Letters from the Wife of an Emig...
11
Then and there I disowned menial service for me and my people.
Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil
12
Nor was it supposed that I was to act as his menial.
The Adventures of Hugh Trevor
13
The more menial part of these duties he performed by his waiter.-pp.
A Collection of College Words and Customs
14
However they had disposed her, she would not accept the menial attitude.
The City of Delight: A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerus...
15
It is one which no menial, no servile nature can fitly occupy.
Woman in the Nineteenth Century / and Kindred Papers Relating to...
16
Even a menial servant would give warning if disturbed at his meals.
What Will He Do with It? — Volume 04
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