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From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  dirty work
     n.
     (lb en idiomatic) One or more unpleasant tasks, assignments, or
  employment duty, especially those of a disreputable or illicit nature.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  dirty work
     n.
     (lb en idiomatic) One or more unpleasant tasks, assignments, or
  employment duty, especially those of a disreputable or illicit nature.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  dirty work
     n.
     (lb en idiomatic) One or more unpleasant tasks, assignments, or
  employment duty, especially those of a disreputable or illicit nature.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  dirty work
     n.
     (lb en idiomatic) One or more unpleasant tasks, assignments, or
  employment duty, especially those of a disreputable or illicit nature.

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dirty work /dˈɜːti wˈɜːk/ 
  špinavost

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dirty work /dˈɜːti wˈɜːk/ 
  podlost

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dirty work /dˈɜːti wˈɜːk/
  niedere Arbeit, schmutzige Arbeit
   see: work, works, at work, illegal work, down tools, busywork
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dirty work /dˈɜːti wˈɜːk/
   [fig.] verdecktes Spiel, unsauberes Spiel

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dirty work /dˈɜːti wˈɜːk/
  Drecksarbeit 
        "do the dirty work"  - die Drecksarbeit machen

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  dirty work /dˈɜːti wˈɜːk/ 
  likainen työ

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  dirty work /dˈɜːti wˈɜːk/
  piszkos munka

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  37 Moby Thesaurus words for "dirty work":
     dirty pool, dirty trick, donkeywork, double-dealing, drudgery,
     duplicity, employment, fag, falseheartedness, fatigue, foul play,
     grind, handiwork, handwork, industry, labor, lick, lick of work,
     manual labor, moil, perfidiousness, perfidy, rat race, scut work,
     slavery, spadework, stroke, stroke of work, sweat, task,
     tiresome work, toil, travail, treacherousness, treachery,
     treadmill, work
  
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     苦活,吃力不讨好的工作;卑鄙的勾当

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