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Definitions for drudge
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Princeton's WordNet
hack, drudge, hackernoun
one who works hard at boring tasks
drudge, peon, navvy, galley slaveverb
a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moilverb
work hard
"She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
Wiktionary
drudgenoun
A person who works in a low servile job.
drudgenoun
Someone who works for (and may be taken advantage of by) someone else.
drudgeverb
to labour in (or as in) a low servile job
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Drudgenoun
One employed in mean labour; a slave; one doomed to servile occupation.
Etymology: from the verb.
To conclude, this drudge of the devil, this diviner, laid claim to me. William Shakespeare, Comedy of Errours.
He sits above, and laughs the while
At thee, ordain’d his drudge, to execute
Whate’er his wrath shall bid. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. ii.Art thou our slave,
Our captive, at the publick mill our drudge,
And dar’st thou, at our sending and command,
Dispute thy coming. John Milton, Agonistes, l. 392.He is content to be their drudge,
And on their errands gladly trudge. Hudibras, p. iii. cant. 1.The hard master makes men serve him for nought, who rewards his drudges and slaves with nothing but shame and sorrow, and misery. John Tillotson, Sermon 4.
To DRUDGEverb
To labour in mean offices; to toil without honour or dignity; to work hard; to slave.
Etymology: dreccan, to vex, Saxon; draghen, to carry, Dutch.
And to crack’d fiddle, and hoarse tabour,
In merriment, did drudge and labour. Hudibras, p. i.The poor sleep little: we must learn to watch
Our labours late, and early every morning,
Mid’st Winter frosts; then clad and fed with sparing,
Rise to our toils, and drudge away the day. Thomas Otway.Advantages obtained by industry directed by philosophy, can never be expected from drudging ignorance. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps.
Soon he came to court,
Proffering for hire his service at the gate,
To drudge, draw water, and to run or wait. John Dryden, Fables.I made no such bargain with you, to live always drudging. John Dryden, Æn. Dedicat.
What is an age, in dull renown drudg’d o’er!
One little single hour of love is more. George Granville.
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drudge
A drudge is a person who is tasked with carrying out menial, routine, and tiresome work, often over a long period of time. This term can also refer to the actual work or task that is tedious, dull, and repetitious.
Webster Dictionary
Drudgeverb
to perform menial work; to labor in mean or unpleasant offices with toil and fatigue
Drudgeverb
to consume laboriously; -- with away
Drudgenoun
one who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a mental servant
Etymology: [OE. druggen; prob not akin to E. drag, v. t., but fr. Celtic; cf. Ir. drugaire a slave or drudge.]
Wikidata
Drudge
Drudge is a television series on Fox News Channel hosted by Matt Drudge. Drudge left the show in 1999 after network executives refused to let him show a picture of 21-week old fetus.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Drudge
druj, v.i. to work hard: to do very mean work.—n. one who works hard: a slave: a menial servant.—ns. Drudg′er; Drudg′ery, Drudg′ism, the work of a drudge: uninteresting toil: hard or humble labour.—adv. Drudg′ingly. [Ety. unknown. Some suggest Celt., as in Ir. drugaire, a drudge.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
drudge
A name truly applied to a cabin-boy.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
DRUDGE
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Drudge is ranked #53204 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Drudge surname appeared 389 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Drudge.
97.9% or 381 total occurrences were White.
1.5% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of drudge in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of drudge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of drudge in a Sentence
One volunteer sent out, and by the way, they forwarded a CNN story, that was the lead story on Drudge, is what the volunteer did. Now we asked them to take it down anyway.
The past 30 days has been the most eyeballs in Drudge Report's 26 year-history, heartbreaking that it has been under such tragic circumstances.
He types his labored column -- weary drudge! Senile fudge and solemn: spare, editor, to condemn these dry leaves of his autumn.
For people to wake up and see the banner of Drudge with a false report is not helpful.
The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return.
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