About The Word Drudgery
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Drudgery
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What's The Definition Of Drudgery?
[n] hard monotonous routine work
Synonyms | Synonyms for Drudgery: donkeywork | grind | plodding Related Terms | Find terms related to Drudgery: 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 See Also | labor | labour | toil Drudgery In Webster's Dictionary \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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