drudge (noun)

  • 61plod — I. /plɒd / (say plod) verb (plodded, plodding) –verb (i) 1. to walk heavily; trudge; move laboriously. 2. to work with dull perseverance; drudge. –verb (t) 3. to walk heavily over or along. –noun 4. the act or a course of plodding. 5. a sound of… …

  • 62drostdy — drȯˈstā, ȯsˈdā noun ( s) Etymology: Afrikaans (now drosdy), from drost sheriff (from Middle Dutch drossāte, from dros retinue + sāte commander) + y (from …

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  • 63Hack|ney — «HAK nee», noun, plural neys, adjective, verb, neyed, ney|ing. –n. 1. a horse for ordinary riding or (later) driving: »He rode a strong hackney for the road to save his gallant warhorse (Scott). 2. Also …

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  • 64hack|ney — «HAK nee», noun, plural neys, adjective, verb, neyed, ney|ing. –n. 1. a horse for ordinary riding or (later) driving: »He rode a strong hackney for the road to save his gallant warhorse (Scott). 2. Also …

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  • 65grind — I. verb (ground; grinding) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English grindan; akin to Latin frendere to crush, grind Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to reduce to powder or small fragments by friction (as in a mill or with the… …

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  • 66hackney — I. noun (plural hackneys) Etymology: Middle English hakeney Date: 14th century 1. a. a horse suitable for ordinary riding or driving b. a trotting horse used chiefly for driving c. often capitalized any of an English breed of rather compact… …

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  • 67palliative — I (abating) adjective allaying, alleviating, alleviative, assuaging, assuasive, beneficial, calmative, consolatory, corrective, curative, easeful, helpful, lenient, drudge, mitigating, mitigative, modifying, modulatory, mollifying, pacifying,… …

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  • 68action — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Performance Nouns 1. (act of doing) action, performance, operation, execution, enactment, production; process, procedure, proceeding, transaction; behavior, conduct; work, exertion. See activity. 2.… …

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  • 69agency — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Means of producing effects Nouns 1. (act of an agent) agency, operation; working, power, function; office, exercise, play, work; interworking, interaction; causality, causation (See cause);… …

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  • 70employee — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. servant, helper, [hired] hand; clerk, assistant. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. worker, laborer, wage earner, agent, representative, hired hand, staff member, assistant, attendant, apprentice, operator,… …

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