different between cutwork vs scutwork

English

Etymology

From Middle English cut-werk, equivalent to cut +? work.

Noun

cutwork (countable and uncountable, plural cutworks)

1. A form of embroidery in which intervening fabric is cut away

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Further reading

• cutwork on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

• scut work

Etymology

scut +? work; see scut (“contemptible person”).

Noun

scutwork (uncountable)

1. Tasks that are tedious and monotonous or trivial and menial, usually inherent in the operations of a larger project.
   • 2000, Harvey Robbins and Michael Finley, The New Why Teams Don't Work: What Goes Wrong and How to Make It Right

     Everyone on a team must pull their fair share of scutwork if the team is to succeed.

   • 2003, Julia Spencer-Fleming, In the Bleak Midwinter

     Hard to keep that edge of horror over the death of another human being when it was surrounded by so much tedious scutwork.

Translations

References

• 2003, William S. Haubrich, Medical Meanings: A Glossary of Word Origins, Page 216
• 1990, George Morley Story, Dictionary of Newfoundland English, page 448

Anagrams

• cutworks