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English
Etymology
From Middle English druggen, which is possibly related to Old English drēogan (“to do; to suffer”).
Pronunciation
Noun
drudge (plural drudges)
- A person who works in a low servile job.
- drudge work
- (derogatory) Someone who works for (and may be taken advantage of by) someone else.
Derived terms
Translations
person who works in a low job
person who works for someone else
Verb
drudge (third-person singular simple present drudges, present participle drudging, simple past and past participle drudged)
- (intransitive) To labour in (or as in) a low servile job.
1856 February, Macaulay, “Oliver Goldsmith”, in T F E, editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLC:He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers for whom he drudged.
Derived terms
Translations
to labour as in a low servile job
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