drudge
noun
a person who does menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work.
had been drudging
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past perfect progressiveof drudge.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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"I had been drudging along in the office making out bills for more than a year, at ten a week," said he.
From Tales of the Road by Charles N. (Charles Newman) Crewdson
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