Low-status, as labor (6)

I believe the answer is:

menial

(Other definitions for menial that I've seen before include "Demeaning" , "Domestic servant" , "Servile and humiliating" , "Subservient, lowly" , "A drudge" .)

I've seen this clue in the King Feature Syndicate.

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