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drudgework

[ druhj-wurk ]
/ ˈdrʌdʒˌwɜrk /
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noun
work that is menial and tedious and therefore distasteful; drudgery.
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How to use drudgework in a sentence

  • I am about fit to be a revolutionary cab-horse, and do the party's drudge-work.

    The Gadfly|E. L. Voynich
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