drudge
drudge is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is 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 called?
- What is to consume laboriously; -- with away. Rise to our toils and drudge away the day. Otway called?
- What is one who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a mental servant. Milton called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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