drudge

nounslave, very hard worker

verbwork very hard

Word Origin & History

late 15c., "one employed in mean, servile, or distasteful work," missing in Old English and Middle English (but cf. Middle English druggen "do menial or monotonous work; druggunge, mid-13c., in Barnhart), but apparently related to Old English dreogan "to work, suffer, endure" (see endure). The verb is from 1540s. Related: Drudged; drudging. The surname is from 13c., probably from Old French dragie "a mixture of grains sown together," thus, a grower of this crop.

Example Sentences for drudge

Such a crushing fall, a young lady abased to the level of a drudge!

If a man has to live by his wits, he must drudge; there's no help for it.

To the young man work is a drudge, a necessity to keep him alive.

You are a toiler, a drudge, you knock off a great deal of work.

The drudge longs for the end of labor, the artist for it to begin.

The drudge does only what he ...

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flunky

flunky/flunkey

grub

hack

hammer away

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