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Drudge
Pronunciation : Drudge
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. druggen; prob not akin to E. drag, v. t., but fr. Celtic; cf. Ir. drugaire a slave or drudge.]
Definition : Defn: To perform menial work; to labor in mean or unpleasant offices with toil and fatigue. He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers for whom he drudged. Macaulay.
i. [imp. & p. p. Drudged; p. pr. & vb. n. Drudging.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Drudge
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To consume laboriously; -- with away. Rise to our toils and drudge away the day. Otway.
t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Drudge
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: One who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a mental servant. Milton.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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