| VERB | social | drudge, labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, dig, moil | work hard |
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| NOUN | person | drudge, hack, hacker | one who works hard at boring tasks |
| person | drudge, peon, navvy, galley slave | a laborer who is obliged to do menial work |
| Sounds | drah'jh | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | acreage ... wreckage: 85 rhymes with ahjh... | |
| Meaning | One who works hard at boring tasks. | |
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| Synonyms | hack, hacker | |
| Narrower | plodder, slogger | someone who works slowly and monotonously for long hours |
| Broader | unskilled person | A person who lacks technical training |
| Spanish | machaca | |
| Verbs | drudge | work hard |
| Meaning | A laborer who is obliged to do menial work. | |
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| Synonyms | peon, navvy, galley slave | |
| Broader | laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack | someone who works with their hands |
| Spanish | bracero, galeote, peón | |
| Catalan | bracer, peó | |
| Verbs | drudge | work hard |
| Meaning | Work hard. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "Lexicographers drudge all day long" | |
| Synonyms | labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, dig, moil | |
| Broader | work, do work | Be employed |
| Spanish | afanarse, fatigarse, trabajar duro | |
| Nouns | drudge | a laborer who is obliged to do menial work |
| drudge | one who works hard at boring tasks | |
| drudgery | hard monotonous routine work | |
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