DRUDGERY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hard monotonous routine work

Synonyms:

donkeywork; drudgery; grind; plodding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("drudgery" is a kind of...):

labor; labour; toil (productive work (especially physical work done for wages))

Derivation:

drudge (work hard)

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