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drudge noun [ drʌdʒ ]

• a person made to do hard menial or dull work.
• "I felt like a household drudge"
Similar: menial, menial worker, slave, galley slave, toiler, lackey, servant, labourer, hack, worker, maid/man of all work, houseboy, factotum, gofer, running dog, runner, peon, skivvy, dogsbody, charwoman, charlady, char, scullion, servitor,

drudge verb

• do hard menial 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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