Drudge \Drudge\ (dr[u^]j), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drudged}
(dr[u^]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Drudging}.] [OE. druggen; prob
not akin to E. drag, v. t., but fr. Celtic; cf. Ir. drugaire
a slave or drudge.]
To perform menial work; to labor in mean or unpleasant
offices with toil and fatigue.
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He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers
for whom he drudged. --Macaulay.
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