drudge
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Instead of Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren playing picture-perfect Mitch and Melanie, the original presents Nat Hocken, a disabled war veteran who works as a farm laborer, and whose wife remains a nameless domestic drudge.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
Ultimately, this revolution may just reduce drudge work and the number of billable hours spent on relatively simple tasks, freeing people to focus more on lawyering.
From New York Times • May 31, 2023
Apart from drudge paperwork, Peter’s job is to answer a phone that “never rings” — except it does, and it’s Rose.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2023
In his line of work, the requirements of the season can at times seem like a drudge.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2021
Anyway, yesterday and the day before they needed someone else to do all these challenging tasks while they found another drudge to replace her.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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