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Antonyms for drudge

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : druhj
Phonetic Transcription : drÊŒdÊ’

Definition of drudge

Origin :
  • late 15c., "one employed in mean, servile, or distasteful work," missing in Old English and Middle English (but cf. Middle English druggen "do menial or monotonous work; druggunge, mid-13c., in Barnhart), but apparently related to Old English dreogan "to work, suffer, endure" (see endure). The verb is from 1540s. Related: Drudged; drudging. The surname is from 13c., probably from Old French dragie "a mixture of grains sown together," thus, a grower of this crop.
  • noun slave, very hard worker
  • verb work very hard
Example sentences :
  • Such a crushing fall, a young lady abased to the level of a drudge!
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • If a man has to live by his wits, he must drudge; there's no help for it.
  • Extract from : « That Boy Of Norcott's » by Charles James Lever
  • To the young man work is a drudge, a necessity to keep him alive.
  • Extract from : « Dollars and Sense » by Col. Wm. C. Hunter
  • You are a toiler, a drudge, you knock off a great deal of work.
  • Extract from : « Artists' Wives » by Alphonse Daudet
  • The drudge longs for the end of labor, the artist for it to begin.
  • Extract from : « The Mind and Its Education » by George Herbert Betts
  • The drudge does only what he must when he works, the artist all he can.
  • Extract from : « The Mind and Its Education » by George Herbert Betts
  • "Well, I'm not going to drudge all my life," said the boy at last.
  • Extract from : « Wayside Courtships » by Hamlin Garland
  • You'd have to keep the house clean, and do the cooking, and be a drudge.
  • Extract from : « Sarah's School Friend » by May Baldwin
  • Probably promotion was not for her; she must drudge on as best she might.
  • Extract from : « A Houseful of Girls » by Sarah Tytler
  • "Well, I'm not going to drudge all my life," said Albert, at last.
  • Extract from : « Other Main-Travelled Roads » by Hamlin Garland

Synonyms for drudge

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