Meaning of DRUDGERY
| Pronunciation: | | 'drujuree
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| | Definition: | | [n] hard monotonous routine work |
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| | Synonyms: | | donkeywork, grind, plodding |
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| | See Also: | | labor, labour, toil | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Drudg"er*y\, n.
The act of drudging; disagreeable and wearisome labor;
ignoble or slavish toil.
The drudgery of penning definitions. --Macaulay.
Paradise was a place of bliss . . . without drudgery
and with out sorrow. --Locke.
Syn: See {Toll}.
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| | Related Terms: | | chore, dirty work, donkeywork, employment, fag, fatigue, grind, handiwork, handwork, industry, labor, lick, lick of work, manual labor, moil, plugging, rat race, scut work, slavery, slog, slogging, spadework, stroke, stroke of work, sweat, task, tiresome work, toil, travail, treadmill, work |
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