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drudge
(drŭj)n.
A person who does tedious, menial, or unpleasant work.
intr.v. drudged, drudg·ing, drudg·es
To do tedious, unpleasant, or menial work.
[From Middle English druggen, to labor; akin to Old English drēogan, to work, suffer.]
drudg′er n.
drudg′ing·ly adv.
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drudge
(drʌdʒ)n
a person, such as a servant, who works hard at wearisome menial tasks
vb
(intr) to toil at such tasks
[C16: perhaps from druggen to toil]
ˈdrudger n
ˈdrudgingly adv
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drudge
(drʌdʒ)n., v. drudged, drudg•ing. n.
1. a person who does menial, dull, or hard work.
2. a person who works in a routine way.
v.i. 3. to perform menial, dull, or hard work.
[1485–95; of uncertain orig.]
drudg′er, n.
drudg′ing•ly, adv.
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drudge
Past participle: drudged
Gerund: drudging
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Noun | 1. | drudge - one who works hard at boring tasks unskilled person - a person who lacks technical training |
2. | drudge - a laborer who is obliged to do menial work 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" |
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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 She felt like a household drudge.
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drudge
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Translations
كادِحيَكْدَحُ، يَكِدُّ
dříčdřít
kulilønslaveslaveslide
ArbeitstierrobotenSchinderei
kulizik
púla, òrælavinnuòræll
dirbti juodą darbąjuodas jautis
smaga, garlaicīga darba strādniekssmags, garlaicīgs darbs
dráčnadrieť sa
köle gibi çalışmakzevksiz işlerde çalış an
drudge
[drʌdʒ]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
drudge
n (= person) → Arbeitstier nt (inf); (= job) → stumpfsinnige Plackerei or Schufterei (inf); some see a lexicographer as a harmless drudge → manche sehen Lexikografen als Menschen, die nur brav vor sich hin schuften (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
drudge
(dradʒ) verb to do dull, very hard or humble work.
noun a person who does such work.
ˈdrudgery noun hard or humble work.
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