drudging

drudge

D0399500 (drŭj)n. A person who does tedious, menial, or unpleasant work.intr.v. drudged, drudg·ing, drudg·es To do tedious, unpleasant, or menial work.

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[From Middle English druggen, to labor; akin to Old English drēogan, to work, suffer.]

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drudg′er n.drudg′ing·ly adv.

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Adj.

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drudging - doing arduous or unpleasant work; "drudging peasants"; "the bent backs of laboring slaves picking cotton"; "toiling coal miners in the black deeps"laboring, labouring, toilingbusy - actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch"