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Webster 1913 Edition


Drudgery

Drudg′er-y

(drŭj′ẽr-y̆)
,
Noun.
The act of drudging; disagreeable and wearisome labor; ignoble or slavish toil.
The
drudgery
of penning definitions.
Macaulay.
Syn. – See
Toll
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Drudgery

DRUDGERY

,
Noun.
Hard labor; toilsome work; ignoble toil; hard work in servile occupations.
Paradise was a place of bliss-without drudgery or sorrow.