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drudge
(dr/@//dZ/ )

noun (n)

  • one who works hard at boring tasks(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    hack, hacker
    source: wordnet30
  • a laborer who is obliged to do menial work(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    galley slave, navvy, peon
    source: wordnet30
  • One who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a mental servant.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • work hard(verb.social)
    Example:
    Lexicographers drudge all day long.
    Synonym:
    dig, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, toil, travail
    source: wordnet30
  • To perform menial work; to labor in mean or unpleasant offices with toil and fatigue.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To consume laboriously; -- with away.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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