drudgery
noun/ˈdɹʌd͡ʒəɹi/US
Etymology
From drudge (“person who works in a low servile job”) + -ery (suffix meaning ‘the art, craft, or practice of’ forming nouns).
- derived from *dʰrewgʰ-✻
- inherited from druggen
Definitions
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.
- I may not dure this female drudgerie, / To ſea Æneas, finde out Italy.
- I was prickt wel enough before, and you could haue let me alone, my old dame will be vndone now for one to doe her husbandrie, and her drudgery, you need not to haue prickt me, there are other men fitter to go out then I.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA