On 8/4/2012 5:39 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
"David J. Hughes" wrote in message
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On 8/4/2012 2:36 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
"HeyBub" wrote in message
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The below-stairs folk get mightily upset when another servant
presumes to do their job.

So what is does a "dogsbody" do?
jsw

Same thing as a grunt or a gofer.
All the tedious, dirty, or labor intensive tasks that no else wants
to do.

Thanks. It was the assigned radio callsign of Group Captain Sir
Douglas Bader, CBE, DSO, DFC, FRAeS, DL, AM&FM

jsw




Douglas Bader, DB, DogsBody. Easy to say, easy to hear, easy to
associate. Not a bad handle.