wetwork en · NOUN
Etymology
From wet + work.
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative form of wet work.
alt of wet work
Some little task — some wetwork you'd rather hire out than do yourself?
2004, John Dalmas, The Second Coming:From the very beginning, when he and Dewey had conceived the consortium and the operation that would make wetwork history, he had planned to be present...
1997, Robert Littell, Walking back the cat:Once upon a time, Wilcox had been reluctant to take wetwork assignments, national security be damned. But he had been married then.
2001, Christopher Golden, Rick Hautala, Brain Trust: