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Drudging

/ˈdɹʌdʒɪŋ/

To labour in (or as in) a low servile job.

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verb
  1. 1

    To labour in (or as in) a low servile job.

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WordDefinition
toilingnounHard work.
busynounCrowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.
labouringnounThe act of one who labours; toil; work done.
laboringnounThe act of one who labors; toil; work done.

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WordDefinition
busynounCrowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.
laboringnounThe act of one who labors; toil; work done.
labouringnounThe act of one who labours; toil; work done.
toilingnounHard work.
drudgeworknounDrudgery.
grindnounThe act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
collar-worknounLaborious work; drudgery.
trudgingverbThe act of one who trudges, or walks slowly and heavily.
scutnounA short, erect tail, as of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
saltworksnounA place where salt is refined and prepared commercially.
ploddingverbProgressing slowly and laboriously.
sloggingverbAn act or an instance of slogging or working laboriously.
toilnounLabour, work, especially of a grueling nature.
sweatnounFluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation.
grubworknounTedious digging or (figurative) research.
slave labournounUsing slaves to do work
chorenounA task, especially a regularly needed task for the upkeep of a home or similar, such as cleaning or preparing meals.
shitworknoun(derogatory) Work of low status or yielding little satisfaction.
scutworknounTasks that are tedious and monotonous or trivial and menial, usually inherent in the operations of a larger project.
hard labornounForced servitude in the form of physically difficult labor, usually as a penal punishment.

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