drudgery
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drudgery
- /ˈdɹʌd͡ʒəɹi/ US, UK
Where it comes from
From drudge (“person who works in a low servile job”) + -ery (suffix meaning ‘the art, craft, or practice of’ forming nouns).
noun drudgeries · drudgerie
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Exhausting, menial, and tedious work.
What laier much better then there, / or cheaper (thereon to doo well?) / What drudgerie more any where / lesse good thereof where can ye tell? / What gotten by Sommer is seene: / in Winter is eaten vp cleene.
Similar: chore, dogsbody work, fatigue, swink, toil, chores, drudgery, drudgework, razzmatazz, scut, scutwork
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noun exhausting, menial, and tedious work
| 한국어 | 고역 goyeok |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 苦役 kueki |
| 中文 | 苦差事 kǔchāishi |
| Português | labuta, lida |
| Français | corvée |
| Deutsch | Plackerei, Schinderei |
| Ελληνικά | αγγαρεία angareía |
| Русский | тяжёлая рабо́та tjažólaja rabóta, ну́дная рабо́та núdnaja rabóta |
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