Pronunciations (2)
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/dɹʌd͡ʒ/
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dɹʌdʒ
Noun
A person who works in a low servile job.
Usage- also
- attributive
- Examples
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drudge work
Someone who works for (and may be taken advantage of by) someone else.
Usage- Derogatory
Verb
To labour in (or as in) a low servile job.
Usage- Intransitive
- Examples
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Rise to our Toils and drudge away the day.
He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers for whom he drudged.
Noun
one who works hard at boring tasks
- Broader terms
a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
- Synonyms
- Broader terms
Verb
work hard
- Examples
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She was digging away at her math homework
Lexicographers drudge all day long