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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drudge \Drudge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drudged}; p. pr & vb n. {Drudging}.] [OE. druggen; prob not akin to E. drag, v. t., but fr Celtic; cf Ir drugaire a slave or drudge.] To perform menial work to labor in mean or unpleasant offices with toil and fatigue. He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers for whom he drudged. --Macaulay. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drudge \Drudge\, v. t. To consume laboriously; -- with away Rise to our toils and drudge away the day --Otway. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drudge \Drudge\, n. One who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a mental servant. --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: drudge n 1: one who works hard at boring tasks [syn: {hack}, {hacker}] 2: a laborer who is obliged to do menial work [syn: {peon}, {navvy}, {galley slave}] v : work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework" [syn: {labor}, {labour}, {toil}, {fag}, {travail}, {grind}, {dig}, {moil}]
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