DRUDGED

Verb

drudged

simple past tense and past participle of drudge

Source: Wiktionary


DRUDGE

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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