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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

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