drudge (noun)

  • 91trauchle — ˈtrȧḵəl variant of trachle * * * /trah kheuhl/, n., v.t., trauchled, trauchling. Scot. trachle. * * * trauchle /träˈ or tröˈhhl/ (Scot) transitive verb 1. To bedraggle 2. To weary or overburden with drudgery or plodding intransitive verb 1. To… …

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  • 92trachle — I. ˈtraḵəl, rȧk verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: perhaps from Flemish tragelen, trakelen to walk with difficulty, drag, trail; akin to Middle Dutch traech slow, heavy, sluggish, Old High German trāgi sluggish, slow, Lithuanian drižti to become… …

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  • 93after-guard — afˈter guard noun (nautical) 1. The men on the quarterdeck and poop who work the after sails, many of them unskilled 2. Hence a drudge or person with a menial job 3. A merchant ship s officers • • • Main Entry: ↑after …

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  • 94dog's-body — dog sˈ body noun (orig naut sl) 1. Pease pudding 2. A dish of biscuit, water and sugar 3. A junior naval (or other) officer 4. (usu dogsˈbody) a general drudge 5. Someone who does menial, monotonous work for others • • • Main Entry: ↑dog …

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  • 95drudger — drudgˈer noun • • • Main Entry: ↑drudge …

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  • 96con|demn´ing|ly — con|demn «kuhn DEHM», transitive verb. 1. to express strong disapproval of: »We condemn cruelty to animals. SYNONYM(S): denounce, censure. 2. to pronounce guilty of crime or wrong: »The prisoner is sure to be condemned by the jury. SYNONYM(S):… …

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  • 97con|demn´er — con|demn «kuhn DEHM», transitive verb. 1. to express strong disapproval of: »We condemn cruelty to animals. SYNONYM(S): denounce, censure. 2. to pronounce guilty of crime or wrong: »The prisoner is sure to be condemned by the jury. SYNONYM(S):… …

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  • 98con|dem´na|ble — con|demn «kuhn DEHM», transitive verb. 1. to express strong disapproval of: »We condemn cruelty to animals. SYNONYM(S): denounce, censure. 2. to pronounce guilty of crime or wrong: »The prisoner is sure to be condemned by the jury. SYNONYM(S):… …

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  • 99con|demn — «kuhn DEHM», transitive verb. 1. to express strong disapproval of: »We condemn cruelty to animals. SYNONYM(S): denounce, censure. 2. to pronounce guilty of crime or wrong: »The prisoner is sure to be condemned by the jury. SYNONYM(S): convict. 3 …

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  • 100dogs|bod|y — «DGZ BOD ee, DOGZ », noun, bod|ies. British Slang. a hack; drudge: »She spent thirty eight years as a kind of unpaid dogsbody, and then collected all her father s notes into this book after his death (Rosemary Edisford). ╂[originally dog s body,… …

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