Reverse Dictionary: MENIAL

ADJECTIVES
► HILDING cowardly, spiritless, base, menial, mean, wretched → 1581 arch.
► SORDID adj. of a coarse, gross, or inferior character or nature; appertaining to a mean person or thing; menial → 1596 obs.

NOUNS
► DOG’S WORK ► DOG WORK menial or unpleasant work → 1847
► GRUNT WORK menial work, drudgery → 1970s US sl.
► JOE JOB a menial or monotonous task; an unstimulating, low-paid job with few prospects → 1948 colloq., chiefly Can.
► SCUTZ WORK ► SCUZZ WORK menial or unpleasant work → 1991 Amer. dial.
► SHITWORK work considered to be menial or routine; drudgery → 1958 sl.
► VARLETRY varlets collectively; a number or crowd of attendants or menials → 1606

NOUNS – PERSON
► BEEFEATER an eater of beef; contemptuously, a well-fed menial → 1610
► BUMBOY a person who performs all kinds of tasks, esp. menial ones → 1907
► DOGSBODY a junior person, esp. one to whom a variety of menial tasks is given; a drudge → 1922 colloq., orig. nautical usage
► FLUNKEE ► FLUNKEY ► FLUNKY a menial, a stooge → 20C sl.
► GIBEONITE one of the inhabitants of Gibeon who were condemned by Joshua to be ‘hewers of wood an drawers of water’ for the Israelites; hence, a menial, a drudge → 1798
► GUDGET a person of menial or low type → 1581 Sc. obs.
► HARLOT a male servant or attendant; a menial → a1300 obs.
► HEWERS OF WOOD AND DRAWERS OF WATER menial drudges; labourers → 1535
► JACKAL a person who does subordinate preparatory work or drudgery for another, or ministers to his requirements ► a menial servant; a drudge → a1688 
► JACK-BOY a boy employed in menial work; a stable-boy, groom, or postillion → 1573 obs.
► LABBET a boy that waits on a mason, butcher, etc.; a menial of the lowest grade → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LACKEY ► LACQUEY a (liveried) servant, a footman, a valet, a menial → E16
► LAD a manservant, a menial; a farm-servant → c1300 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MUNCHKIN a menial employee or inconsequential person → 1981 colloq.
► PACK-HORSE a drudge; a menial servant; a slave → 1594
► PADDY a menial or manual labourer → 1856 Amer. dial.
► POT-WALLOPER a cook, esp. on a ship; a kitchen worker, one who cleans pots, a scullion, a person engaged in menial work → 1859 US sl.
► SCODGE ► SCODGIE ► SCOGIE ► SCUDGIE one who does light rough or dirty work; a drudge, a menial, as a kitchen-boy or girl; one who does odd jobs about a farm → 1782 Sc.
► SUBSIZAR a menial, a lackey → 1602 obs.
► SWAMPER a general assistant or labourer; a menial
► VARLET a man or lad acting as an attendant or servant; a menial, a groom → 1456 now arch.
► VARLETESS a female varlet → 1748
► VARLETTO a man or lad acting as an attendant or servant; a menial, a groom → 1598 obs.

VERBS
► CARRY GUTS TO A BEAR to do a menial or repugnant task → 1639
► CARRY THE SHIT BUCKET to perform the lowliest tasks → 1977 Aust. sl.
► GRUNT to do menial work; to work as a menial assistant → 1938 US sl.
► SHOVEL SHIT to work in a menial job → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)