scut

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Rolf overheard his uncle cursing "that ungrateful young scut--not worth his salt."

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  1. noun A stubby erect tail, as that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
  2. noun Informal Routine or tedious work often viewed as menial.

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  • He was so good at this, overqualified for the scut work. —  Cat and Mouse
  • Griffin and all who went before her, and all her peers - have surely honed the craft, have done enough brave scut work on the road where some other comedians and 'helpers' routinely try to sideswipe, cutpurse, and ride roughshod over others … —  The Moderate Voice
  • It seems that the alleged best and brightest cannot simply work magic in classrooms by mere dint of their presence, and judging from their exit rates can't wait to escape their brief noblesse-oblige introduction into the world of inner-city scut work that doesn't pay and has virtually no social standing. —  Nicholas D. Kristof
  • And all positions have "scut work"; it's necessary everywhere. —  Adoro te Devote
  • Sounds like an excellent combination of technology to avoid scut work. —  Wi-Fi Networking News
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  1. Middle English, hare.
  2. Short for scutwork.

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  1. Perhaps a mixture of cut, cutty, short, with short (Anglo-Saxon sceort), and further with scut, n.
  2. Also skut; apparently from scut, a., but perhaps confused with Icelandic skott, a fox's tail (see scuft), or ult. = Latin cauda = Welsh cwt, a tail (with orig. initial s).
 

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