Definitions
To work hard at dull, tiring, or repetitive tasks.
Word origin
From Middle English druggen, perhaps from Old English *dryċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *druggjan, from Proto-Germanic *drugjaną, a denominative built to a lost noun *drugjaz (preserved in Old English Dryċġhelm), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-; compare Old English drēogan (“to do; to suffer”).
Used in a sentence
“drudge work”
“Rise to our Toils and drudge away the day.”
“He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers for whom he drudged.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Work at dull tasks”6 letters
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