scut work

alternative scutwork

1. uncountableDistasteful tasks.

   Some residents, and even some nurses, expect medical students to do a substantial amount of scut work, much of it of the 3 am variety.

   1998, Robert H. Coombs, Surviving Medical School, page 104

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   This seems not to exhaust what is called dirty work, regardless of the synonym used (scut work, shit work) by workers themselves — either those actually engaged in the work or others who are lucky enough to escape it.

   1997, Anselm L. Strauss, Social Organization of Medical Work, page 250