drudging, laboring, labouring, toiling
(adjective) doing arduous or unpleasant work; “drudging peasants”; “the bent backs of laboring slaves picking cotton”; “toiling coal miners in the black deeps”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
drudging
present participle of drudge
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
29 May 2024
(noun) an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy
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