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drudge

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈdrʌdʒ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/drʌdʒ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(druj)

Inflections of 'drudge' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

drudges: v 3rd person singular

drudging: v pres p

drudged: v past

drudged: v past p

drudge /drʌdʒ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

a person who does dull work.
a person who works in a routine way.

drudge (druj),USA pronunciation n., v., drudged, drudg•ing.
n.

a person who does menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work.
a person who works in a routine, unimaginative way.

v.i.

to perform menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work.

compare Old English man's name Drycghelm helmet maker, equivalent. to drycg (akin to drēogan to work) + helm helm² 1485–95

drudg′er, n.
drudg′ing•ly, adv.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

drudge /drʌdʒ/ n

a person, such as a servant, who works hard at wearisome menial tasks

(intransitive) to toil at such tasks

Etymology: 16th Century: perhaps from druggen to toilˈdrudger n ˈdrudgingly adv

'drudge' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

dogsbody - galley slave - hack - moil - skivvy - drone - drudgery - fag - grub - grunge - labor - peon - plod - trudge - work - slave

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Synonyms: hard worker, toiler, drone, slave, menial, more...

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