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    drudge
    [drəj]
    noun
    drudge (noun) · drudges (plural noun)
    1. a person made to do hard menial or dull work:
      "I felt like a household drudge"
    verb
    archaic
    drudge (verb) · drudges (third person present) · drudged (past tense) · drudged (past participle) · drudging (present participle)
    1. do hard, menial, or dull work:
      "her husband was drudging in the smoke of London"
    Origin
    Middle English (as a noun): of unknown origin; perhaps related to drag.
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    noun
    1. a person made to do hard menial or dull work:
      menial
      toiler
      lackey
      servant
      laborer
      hack
      worker
      factotum
      gofer
      running dog
      runner
      peon
      skivvy
      dogsbody
      charwoman
      charlady
      char
      scullion
      servitor
      menial worker
      maid/man of all work
      hewer of wood and drawer of water
    verb
    1. do hard, menial, or dull work:
      labor
      work one's fingers to the bone
      work like a Trojan
      keep one's nose to the grindstone
      grind away
      peg away
      plug away
      sweat blood
      fag
      bullock
      travail
      moil
      work hard
      work like a dog
      work day and night
      exert oneself
      keep at it
      slave away
      grub away
      plow away
      plod away
      slog away
      beaver away
      put one's back into something
      work one's guts out
      work one's socks off
      knock oneself out
      kill oneself
      graft away
      work one's balls/arse/nuts off
      work one's ass/butt off
      Opposite:
      rest
      relax
      laze
     
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    Why do people Drudge?
    Factories and coal mines are full of drudges: diligent folks doing work that isn't super-interesting. Such work is often called drudgery. Also, when you're working hard at anything, you can call it drudging. We all drudge when we have something to do that we would rather avoid.

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    What does drudge mean?
    slite, streve, slave… той, хто виконує тяжку, нудну роботу… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! DRUDGE definition: 1. a person who has to work hard at boring and unpleasant tasks and who is not respected by other…. Learn more.

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    How would you describe someone as a drudge?
    If you describe someone as a drudge, you mean they have to work hard at a job which is not very important or interesting.

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    What does the term 'drudges' mean?
    The term 'drudges' refers to a person who does tedious, menial, or unpleasant work. [From Middle English druggen, to labor; akin to Old English drēogan, to work, suffer .]

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    What does trudge mean?
    1. To move or walk heavily or laboriously; trudge: "donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle round a gin" (D.H. Lawrence). 2. To work or act perseveringly or monotonously; drudge: plodding through a mountain of paperwork. To trudge along or over. n. 1. The act of moving or walking heavily and slowly. 2. The sound made by a heavy step.

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    What do drudges complain about?
    Drudges have a little more to complain about than others: a drudge is someone whose job is difficult but isn't very interesting. Factories and coal mines are full of drudges: diligent folks doing work that isn't super-interesting. Such work is often called drudgery. Also, when you're working hard at anything, you can call it drudging.

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    The term "drudge" refers to: cambridge.org 1 2 3 4

    • A person who has to work hard at boring and unpleasant tasks.
    • Someone who is not respected by other people.
    • A person who does tedious, menial, or unpleasant work.
    • A person who works in a routine, unimaginative way.
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    DRUDGE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    Drudge is a noun that means a person who has to work hard at boring and unpleasant tasks and who is not respected by other people. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation, syn…
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    DRUDGE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
    Drudge is a noun that means a person who does boring and unpleasant work and is not respected. Learn how to use it in sentences, see synonyms and antonyms, and find translations in…
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    Drudge - definition of drudge by The Free Dictionary
    Drudge is a noun or verb that means a person or an action of doing tedious, menial, or unpleasant work. Find the origin, pronunciation, and translations of drudge in English and Sp…
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    drudge - WordReference.com Dictionary of English
    Learn the meaning, pronunciation, synonyms, and usage of the word drudge, which can be a noun or a verb. A drudge is a person who does dull or hard work, or works in a routine way.
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    A drudge is someone who works very hard, especially at a job that is boring. To drudge is to work hard. One thing just about everyone has in common is complaining about work.

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