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

It’s a Cinderella story, minus everything but the drudge and the stepmother.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2021

In his line of work, the requirements of the season can at times seem like a drudge.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2021

“Has the Resistance been bribing some Plebeian drudge to sneak you in?”

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir