Pronunciation: /drʌdʒ/
noun a person who does tedious, menial, or unpleasant work
A1 My sister works as a drudge in a fast food restaurant.
A2 The drudge of cleaning the house every day is starting to wear me out.
B1 The office drudge spent hours inputting data into spreadsheets.
B2 Despite his title, he was nothing more than a drudge in the company.
C1 The drudge of researching and writing reports for the board meeting was exhausting.
C2 She refused to be just another drudge in the corporate world and worked her way up to a management position.
verb to do tedious, menial, or unpleasant work
A1 She drudged through her homework all night.
A2 The workers drudged away in the fields under the hot sun.
B1 He drudged through the tedious task of organizing the files.
B2 Despite the challenges, she drudged on with determination to finish the project.
C1 The author drudged over the final edits of his novel before sending it to the publisher.
C2 After years of drudging through difficult circumstances, he finally achieved success in his career.
formal The drudge of completing paperwork is necessary for legal compliance.
informal I hate being the office drudge who has to do all the boring tasks.
slang I'm tired of being the company's drudge, always stuck with the grunt work.
figurative She felt like a drudge in her own life, constantly doing tasks she didn't enjoy.
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