Category:Drudge

Drudge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drudged; p. pr. & vb. n. Drudging.] Etym: [OE. druggen; prob not akin to E. drag, v. t., but fr. Celtic; cf. Ir. drugaire a slave or drudge.]

Defn: To perform menial work; to labor in mean or unpleasant offices with toil and fatigue. He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers for whom he drudged. Macaulay.

drudge Drudge, v. t.

Defn: To consume laboriously; -- with away. Rise to our toils and drudge away the day. Otway.

drudge Drudge, n.

Defn: One who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a mental servant. Milton.