"It's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it"

[Douglas G. Wilson]

>Earlier still, from Agatha Christie's _The Seven Dials Mystery_ (1929):
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>"I'll go," said Ronny. "It's a rotten job, but somebody's got to do it,"
>he looked at Jimmy.

 From N'archive:

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_Daily Northwestern_ (Oshkosh WI), 10 July 1919: p. 6:

<<Greece has indicated a hope that the United States will accept the
mandatory over Constantinople. It's rather a nasty job, but someone will
have to do it.>>

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-- Doug Wilson