Definitions
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- verb Present participle of
drudge .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective doing arduous or unpleasant work
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Examples
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He sighed as he recalled his drudging rise in business, since his father's old partner had set his life work out before him, when the lonely boy had finished with honor his course at Ann Arbor.
The Midnight Passenger : a novel Richard Savage 1874
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That's the kind of drudging up that's not helpful.
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That's the kind of drudging up that's not helpful.
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Small art and love and beauty their drudging spirits knew.
Terry O'Neill: What's Good for Women Is Good for the Nation: Jobs, Livable Wages and Equal Pay Terry O'Neill 2011
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Anita Hill, the pawn in all of this, on the other hand, must be at a loss in terms of how to reject a third-party request for an apology without drudging up the Supreme Court Justice hearings that not only changed her life forever, but raised significant questions about race, gender and meritocracy in our country.
C. Nicole Mason: In Search of a Midnight Apology: Virginia Thomas and the Politics of Reconciliation C. Nicole Mason 2010
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Visions I had no business drudging up—skinned knees, Mom bandaging me—rustled from deep down like dead bodies pushing aside dirt.
Kings of Colorado David E. Hilton 2011
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After seeing this movie, however, and also witnessing some of the atrocious attempts by others at drudging up 80s franchises and giving them a 21st century spit shine, I'm not eager to see Tron Legacy for anything more than what special effects they have conjured up.
Archive 2010-05-01 2010
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Small art and love and beauty their drudging spirits knew.
Terry O'Neill: What's Good for Women Is Good for the Nation: Jobs, Livable Wages and Equal Pay Terry O'Neill 2011
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After seeing this movie, however, and also witnessing some of the atrocious attempts by others at drudging up 80s franchises and giving them a 21st century spit shine, I'm not eager to see Tron Legacy for anything more than what special effects they have conjured up.
Rabid Rewind: Tron 2010
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Anita Hill, the pawn in all of this, on the other hand, must be at a loss in terms of how to reject a third-party request for an apology without drudging up the Supreme Court Justice hearings that not only changed her life forever, but raised significant questions about race, gender and meritocracy in our country.
C. Nicole Mason: In Search of a Midnight Apology: Virginia Thomas and the Politics of Reconciliation C. Nicole Mason 2010
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