What does "drudge" mean?
Drudge: 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.
Additional senses
- 2.To consume laboriously; -- with away. Rise to our toils and drudge away the day. Otway.
- 3.One who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a mental servant. Milton.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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