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Meanings of drudgery in English

Portuguese
trabalho
Catalan
afany
Spanish
hueso

Hard monotonous routine work.

        trabalho
        Usage of drudgery in English
        1
        Work which has in it the element of drudgery needs forced attention.
        How to Teach
        2
        His mettle must be tried in the school of patience and drudgery.
        Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life
        3
        The combination of the most heroic impulses with the most commonplace drudgery.
        Perpetual Light : a memorial
        4
        That in which he takes a personal pride ceases to be drudgery.
        Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
        5
        You have not liberated people from physical drudgery to develop their minds.
        The Naked God
        6
        No, there is still more to rugby than the drudgery of power.
        The Guardian
        7
        He has learned to convert drudgery into joy; duty has become delight.
        Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes
        8
        From the grind of drudgery comes at last the glorious divine spark.
        Levels of Living / Essays on Everyday Ideals
        9
        She can at least wash dishes and sweep and do the drudgery.
        Mary Louise
        10
        Insanity, uncertainty, drudgery and crouching want were the portion of the many.
        Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 / Little J...
        11
        I think I know, now, why the Indian women do the drudgery.
        In the Days of Poor Richard
        12
        Once he wrote: It was fearful drudgery-soullessdrudgery-andalmost destitute of interest.
        The Boys' Life of Mark Twain
        13
        One incapable of drudgery can not be capable of the finest work.
        Home Again
        14
        For the heavy drudgery seemed to crush all feeling out of us.
        Creatures That Once Were Men
        15
        But each day of the drudgery only makes me wilder with nervousness.
        The Journal of Arthur Stirling : ("The Valley of the Shadow")
        16
        Every true artist rather loves than fears the drudgery of his art.
        Young Lives
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        Translations for drudgery
        Portuguese
        trabalho
        Spanish
        hueso
        Drudgery through the time
        Drudgery across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Less common