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Webster 1913 Edition

Drudge

Drudge

(drŭj)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Drudged
(drŭjd)
;
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.
He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers for whom he
drudged
.
Macaulay.

Drudge

,
Verb.
T.
To consume laboriously; – with away.
Rise to our toils and
drudge
away the day.
Otway.

Drudge

,
Noun.
One who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a menial servant.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Drudge

DRUDGE

,
Verb.
I.
druj. To work hard; to labor in mean offices; to labor with toil and fatigue.
In merriment did drudge and labor.

DRUDGE

,
Noun.
One who works hard, or labors with toil and fatigue; one who labors hard in servile employments; a slave.

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