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drudgery
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drudg·er·y  (drj-r)
n. pl. drudg·er·ies
Tedious, menial, or unpleasant work. See Synonyms at work.

drudgery
Noun
uninteresting work that must be done

drudgery
dull, laborious, or menial work. — drudge, n.
See also: Work
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.drudgerydrudgery - hard monotonous routine work
toil, labor, labour - productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

drudgery
noun labour, grind (informal) sweat (informal) hard work, slavery, chore, fag (informal) toil, slog, donkey-work, sweated labour, menial labour, skivvying Brit.
Translations
Spanish drudgery [ˈdrʌdʒərɪ] ntrabajo pesado or monótono
French drudgery [ˈdrʌdʒərɪ] ncorvée f
German drudgery [ˈdrʌdʒərɪ] drudge n(stumpfsinnige) Plackerei f (inf);
housework is sheer drudgery drudge → Hausarbeit ist eine einzige Plackerei

Italian drudgery [ˈdrʌdʒərɪ] nfatica improba;
housework is sheer drudgery → le faccende domestiche sono alienanti

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