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| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
| menial (adj., n.) |
| Both have to do with the household and refer first of all to housework and then to any labor or laborers held in low esteem. Both are pejorative, because no matter how they are defended, menial labor and menials themselves are considered to lack dignity. | 1 |
| The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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