PLODDINGS
Noun
ploddings
plural of plodding
Source: Wiktionary
PLODDING
Plod"ding, a.
Definition: Progressing in a slow, toilsome manner; characterized by
laborious diligence; as, a plodding peddler; a plodding student; a
man of plodding habits. --Plod"ding*ly, adv.
PLOD
Plod, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Plodded; p. pr. & vb. n. Plodding.] Etym:
[Gf. Gael. plod a clod, a pool; also, to strike or pelt with a clod
or clods.]
1. To travel slowly but steadily; to trudge. Shak.
2. To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and
patiently. "Plodding schoolmen." Drayton.
Plod, v. t.
Definition: To walk on slowly or heavily.
The ploughman homeward plods his weary way. Gray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition