Drudgery
61fag — I [[t]fæg[/t]] n. v. fagged, fag•ging 1) sts Slang. a cigarette 2) brit. Chiefly Brit. drudgery; toil 3) brit. a younger pupil in a British public school required to perform certain menial tasks for an older pupil 4) a drudge 5) to tire or weary… …
62fag — English has three distinct words fag, none of whose origins is altogether clear. The oldest is the one which denotes ‘drudgery’. It is first recorded as a verb in the 16th century, meaning ‘droop, decline’; its more common noun uses, ‘hard boring …
63donkeywork — noun hard monotonous routine work • Syn: ↑drudgery, ↑plodding, ↑grind • Derivationally related forms: ↑grind (for: ↑grind), ↑drudge ( …
64labor — I noun 1. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages (Freq. 20) there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field • Syn: ↑labour, ↑working class, ↑proletariat • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
65plodding — I noun 1. hard monotonous routine work (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑drudgery, ↑grind, ↑donkeywork • Derivationally related forms: ↑grind (for: ↑ …
66trauchle — 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… …
67donkey work — Informal. tedious, repetitious work; drudgery. Also, donkeywork /dong kee werrk , dawng , dung /. [1915 20] * * * donkey work UK US noun [uncountable] informal boring work that needs a lot of effort but has to be done as part of a job Why do I… …
68donkeywork — n. hard menial routine work. Syn: drudgery, grind, scut work. [WordNet 1.5] …
69Everyday — Ev er*y*day , a. Used or fit for every day; common; usual; as, an everyday suit of clothes. [1913 Webster] The mechanical drudgery of his everyday employment. Sir. J. Herchel. [1913 Webster] …
70Fag — Fag, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fagged} (f[a^]gd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fagging} (f[a^]g g[i^]ng).] [Cf. LG. fakk wearied, weary, vaak slumber, drowsiness, OFries. fai, equiv. to f[=a]ch devoted to death, OS. f[=e]gi, OHG. feigi, G. feig, feige, cowardly,… …
