drudge

drudge ¹  (drj)

n.

A person who does tedious, menial, or unpleasant work.

intr.v. drudged, drudg·ing, drudg·es

To do tedious, unpleasant, or menial work.

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[From Middle English druggen, to labor; akin to Old English drogan, to work, suffer.]

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drudger n.

drudging·ly adv.

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drudge ²  (drj)

n. & v. Chesapeake Bay

Variant of dredge¹.

Regional Note: "Out here on the Chesapeake, they call it 'drudging for arsters,'" says Charles Kuralt in his book On the Road with Charles Kuralt. The Standard English verb dredge is pronounced with a centralized vowel by Chesapeake Bay oyster fishermen, yielding drudge. Drudge in turn has been picked up by city dwellers on the Delmarva Peninsula; a survey of some young people from Baltimore revealed that they did not even know that there was a Standard English verb dredge. Kuralt gives the regional pronunciation a whimsical folk etymology with the standard meaning of drudge, "to do tedious or unpleasant work," observing, "Whatever you do for a living, it's not as hard as 'drudging for arsters.'"

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drudge

Noun

a person who works hard at an uninteresting task

Verb

[drudging, drudged]

to work at such tasks [origin unknown]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	drudge - one who works hard at boring tasks hack, hacker unskilled person - a person who lacks technical training plodder, slogger - someone who works slowly and monotonously for long hours
	2.	drudge - a laborer who is obliged to do menial work navvy, peon, galley slave laborer, labourer, manual laborer, jack - someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
Verb	1.	drudge - work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long" labour, moil, toil, travail, fag, labor, dig, grind do work, work - be employed; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college"

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drudge

noun menial, worker, servant, slave, toiler, dogsbody (informal) plodder, factotum, scullion (archaic) skivvy chiefly Brit. maid or man of all work

Translations

drudge [drʌdʒ] n → esclavo del trabajo

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drudge [drʌdʒ] n → bête f de somme (fig)

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drudge [drʌdʒ] n → Arbeitstier nt

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drudge [drʌdʒ] n (person) → uomo(donna) di fatica;

(job) → faticaccia

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drudge

v drudge [dradʒ]

to do dull, very hard or humble work. slowe, sukkel يَكْدَحُ، يَكِدُّ върша черна работа dřít (se) slide; slave die Schinderei μοχθώ trabajar como un esclavo rügama کار بدنی سخت انجام دادن raataa trimer לַעֲבוֹד עֲבוֹדָה שְׁחוֹרָה कोई नीरस और कठिन कार्य करना mučiti se, vršiti naporne poslove kulizik bekerja keras púla, þræla sgobbare こつこつ働く 고되고 따분한 일을 하다 dirbti juodą darbą smags, garlaicīgs darbs bekerja keras sloven slite, streve, slave harować labutar a trudi, a munci pe brânci/din greu ишачить (na)drieť sa garati naporno raditi slava, träla, slita ทำงานน่าเบื่อ; ทำงานหนัก köle gibi çalışmak 做苦工 виконувати тяжку, нудну роботу غلاموں کی طرح کام کرنا làm công việc vất vả 做苦工

n

a person who does such work. werkesel كادِح човек, който върши черна работа dříč lønslave; kuli das Arbeitstier είλωτας esclavo tööori آدم خر کار raataja homme, femme de peine עובד בעבודה שחורה नीरस और कठिन कार्य करने वाला sluga, rob rabszolga kuli vinnuþræll uomo/donna di fatica こつこつ働く人 그런일을 하는 사람 juodas jautis smaga, garlaicīga darba strādnieks buruh kasar sloof sliter, slave, arbeidstrell wół roboczy burro de carga sclav, rob ишак; работяга dráč garač kulučar arbetsträl, -slav คนที่ทำงานหนัก; คนทำงานน่าเบื่อ zevksiz işlerde çalış(tırıl)an 苦力 особа, яка виконує тяжку, нудну роботу اطاعت گزاری کرنے والا شخص người làm công việc vất vả 苦力

n drudgery

hard or humble work. sloofwerk كَدْح، عَمَل شاق робия dřina slid og slæb; slavearbejde die Plackerei σκλαβιά, αγγαρεία trabajo pesado tööorjus خرحمالی raadanta corvée עֲבוֹדָה שְׁחוֹרָה नीरस या निम्न कार्य naporan posao, mučenje rabszolgamunka pekerjaan kasar púl, þrældómur sfacchinata 骨折り仕事 고되고 따분한 일 juodas darbas smags, apnicīgs darbs kerja buruh geestdodend werk slit og strev, slavearbeid harówka trabalho pesado cor­voadă; sclavie изнурительная работа drina garanje kuluk slavgöra, slit งานหนัก; งานน่าเบื่อ sıkıcı iş, angarya 苦工 тяжка, нудна робота بیگاری công việc vất vả 苦工