Dirty work
Quest and dirty work are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Quest" instead a noun phrase "Dirty work".
Quest
Quest noun - An act or process of looking carefully or thoroughly for someone or something.
Dirty work and quest are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dirty work" instead a noun "Quest".
Both terms in one sentence
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Thingol certainly counts as a Jerkass as well, sending Beren off on an impossible quest to get him killed and trying to get Morgoth to do his dirty work.
Source: Literature / The Silmarillion -
Instead of making Garble do his dirty work, after what he had done in "Dragon Quest", he instead gives him a lesser fate of having him hug every dragon he meets without saying why.
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In Quest for Glory II, Big Bad Ad Avis is The Man Behind the Man, ruling Raseir in secret through the Emir, with most of his dirty work being done through either the Emir, his own minions such as Khaveen, or the Elementals he sends to attack Shapeir.
Source: Orcus on His Throne
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