In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DRUDGE
drudge, peon, navvy, galley slave
(noun) a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
hack, drudge, hacker
(noun) one who works hard at boring tasks
labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil
(verb) work hard; “She was digging away at her math homework”; “Lexicographers drudge all day long”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
drudge (plural drudges)
A person who works in a low servile job.
(pejorative) Someone who works for (and may be taken advantage of by) 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.
Source: Wiktionary
Drudge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drudged; p. pr. & vb. n. Drudging.] Etym: [OE. druggen; prob not akin to E. drag, v. t., but fr. Celtic; cf. Ir. drugaire a slave or drudge.]
Definition: 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.
Drudge, v. t.
Definition: To consume laboriously; -- with away. Rise to our toils and drudge away the day. Otway.
Drudge, n.
Definition: One who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a mental servant. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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