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What (who) is donkey work - definition

STURDY MEN'S WORK JACKET OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, WITH LEATHER OR PVC PATCHES ON THE FRONT AND BACK SHOULDER
Donkey Jacket (clothing); Sack coat; Fatigue jacket; Donkey jackets; Work jacket
  • A donkey jacket with PVC panels
  • Sack coat: the precursor to the donkey jacket worn from the mid Victorian era onwards by workers and soldiers. These did not have the leather shoulder patches of the modern work jacket.

donkey work      
If you do the donkey work, you do the hard work or the less interesting part of the work that needs to be done. (BRIT INFORMAL)
N-SING: usu the N
donkey work      
¦ noun Brit. informal the laborious part of a job.
donkey engine         
  • Willamette Steam donkey preserved at Caspar Lumber Company Camp 20 adjacent to [[California State Route 20]]
  • gyppo logging]] operation in [[Tillamook County, Oregon]]. (October 1941)
STEAM-POWERED WINCH, OR LOGGING ENGINE
Steam Donkey; Donkey puncher; Donkey engine; Logging engine; Donkey sled; Donkey Puncher; Donkey engines; Donkeyman
¦ noun a small auxiliary engine.

Wikipedia

Donkey jacket

A donkey jacket is a medium-length workwear jacket, typically made of unlined black or dark blue thick Melton woollen fabric, with the shoulders back and front reinforced and protected from rain with leather or PVC panels.

Originating in the United Kingdom, the garment is untailored at the waist such that it hangs down straight from the shoulders. The front vertical edges fall straight and are squared-off at the bottom edge which is also straight horizontally with no vent at the back. In length it reaches 3 or 4 inches (8 or 10 cm) below the crotch area. It has no lapels and is closed by four to five buttons at the front that fasten tightly up to the neck with a broad and stiff turn-up collar, allowing the wearer to protect the neck from wind, cold and wet weather. It is thus well suited to outdoors work in demanding conditions.

Examples of use of donkey work
1. A lead could help him really, he wants a strong gallop and he wouldn‘t have to do the donkey work.
2. Let the Zionist donkey work and pay taxes, and also sacrifice his life in war for them.
3. For those keen to take the donkey work out of carrying the shopping home, it‘s an attractive proposition.
4. At this point, having done all the donkey work, Lamont was made the sacrificial lamb for Black Wednesday.
5. It was effective when Henrik Larsson was at the club on loan and Rooney did not have to do the front–running donkey work, taking the hits from the centre backs.