fetch-and-carry
Go get things
Fetch-and-carry describes menial errand-running—the work of retrieving and delivering things for someone else.
The phrase often carries a note of resentment or dismissal: I'm not your servant to fetch and carry.
As a noun, it names this kind of subordinate labor: She was tired of the endless fetch-and-carry.
Short task away from home
- menialLowly and unskilled
- lackeyServile follower or minion
- goferMenial task doer
- servantOne employed to serve
drudgery · subordinate · underling · attendant · domestic · flunky · dogsbody · helper
errand
Short task away from home
servant · drudgery · subordinate · underling · attendant · domestic · flunky · dogsbody · helper · factotum
retrieve
Get something back
haul · lug · tote · shuttle · courier · pickup · dropoff · parcels · packages · grocery
retriever
Dog trained to fetch game
return · trained · obedient · game · toy · command · playful · eager · boundless · tireless
fetch-and-carryskilled labor
Trained professional work
strategic planning · creative work · intellectual labor · problem-solving · craft
fetch, carry, fetched, fetching, fetches, fetcher, carried, carrying, carries