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noun

plural of drudge
1
as in laborers
a person who does very hard or dull work worked like a drudge at a low-paying job that had few benefits

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2
as in labors
very hard or unpleasant work it took hours of pure drudge to sort through the junk in the basement

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drudges

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verb

present tense third-person singular of drudge
as in struggles
to devote serious and sustained effort factory workers who must drudge all day at repetitive tasks

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  1. laborers
  2. labors
  3. struggles
  4. workers
  5. toils
  6. strives
  7. drudgeries
  8. slaves
Noun
  • The chore jacket became a signature style of one Harry Styles, who has long been a champion of the humble bleu de travail, the blue cotton work jacket originally worn by French laborers.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The whole system is essentially policed by the Department of Labor to ensure that foreign workers don't undercut domestic laborers.
    — Nina Totenberg, NPR, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of laborers
Noun
  • The play takes a strange turn when Heracles arrives amid his twelve labors.
    — Kristin Idaszak, Longreads, 22 Oct. 2026
  • There’s a slickness to the carnage that rubs uncomfortably against the film’s humanist ethos, rendering artificial (for all Shen Teng’s trembling and mouth-contorting labors) the horrific tragedies that befall its characters.
    — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of labors
Verb
  • Content produced entirely by AI often struggles to build the trust and loyalty that keep customers coming back.
    — Kylie Slavik, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Eight wage claims alleged unpaid wages, delayed tips, bounced checks and struggles with accessing payroll records, the outlet reported.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of struggles
Noun
  • Parks workers who don't comply with the new policy could face discipline, officials said, adding, the policy also instructs them to not engage in any verbal or physical altercations with ICE agents.
    — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • People who earn at least 50,000 pounds ($67,000) a year will only have to wait five years, as will public-sector workers including doctors, nurses and teachers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of workers
Noun
  • The gods themselves are also an unnerving presence, omnipresent beings of colossal power who see humans as their playthings and view Ulysses' toils as some twisted spectator sport.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 July 2026
  • There has to be a chance that Jos Buttler’s toils in Sri Lanka and India represent his last ventures on the international stage, and therefore the end of an era.
    — Paul Newman, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Definition of toils
Verb
  • But the reason for this rather ugly framing device is that the team strives to educate the masses in the art of bankrobbing at the expense of being caught.
    — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 12 Nov. 2026
  • UConn Women’s Basketball is proud to play in our Basketball is for Everyone Pride game and strives for a culture of inclusion and equity.
    — Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of strives
Noun
  • Aesthetic experiences were here not reserved for museums or the elite, but folded in along with daily drudgeries.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Your inner lover girl is dying for some time in the sun, for a vacation from your usual drudgeries.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Jan. 2026
Definition of drudgeries
Verb
  • Things are equally akilter in his family’s home, with his mother now sitting on the couch watching TV while his father slaves away in the kitchen.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of slaves
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