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N-no, you're——" "But was I more happy when I was drudging?

From Main Street by Lewis, Sinclair

He came out to Michigan when it was a wilderness, to make his fortune by clearing land at ten dollars an acre, and while he was drudging he expected to have a little fun.

From Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel by Glazier, Willard W.

She was drudging every day as a V.A.D., washing crockery and scrubbing floors; and this was the first afternoon off she had had for weeks.

From Elizabeth's Campaign by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.