drudged; drudging
: to do hard, menial, or monotonous work
: to force to do hard, menial, or monotonous work
drudger
noun
1
: one who is obliged to do menial work
2
: one whose work is routine and boring
3
: menial or tedious labor
Examples of drudge in a Sentence
Verb
factory workers who must drudge all day at repetitive tasks
Noun
She was tired of working as an office drudge.
worked like a drudge at a low-paying job that had few benefits
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Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2024
Aren’t those who drudge away at them anything but harmless?
—David Harsanyi, National Review, 8 June 2023
Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
In other words, exactly the type of drudge work that corporates have outsourced for decades to offshore teams from the likes of Accenture, Cognizant and Infosys.
—Iain Martin, Forbes, 4 Feb. 2025
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Verb
After months of drudging through renovations, the Tiki Taco team will soon enjoy the (jack)fruits of its labor.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2024
Aren’t those who drudge away at them anything but harmless?
—David Harsanyi, National Review, 8 June 2023
Noun
The corporate laborers of the industrial age were drudges, and might have needed the scaffolding of managerial hierarchies to make widgets in bulk.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
In other words, exactly the type of drudge work that corporates have outsourced for decades to offshore teams from the likes of Accenture, Cognizant and Infosys.
—Iain Martin, Forbes, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Drudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drudge. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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