drudgery
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈdɹʌdʒəɹi/
drudgery
- Tedious, menial, and exhausting work#Noun|work.
- 1748 David Hume Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973 § 34
- we are, perhaps, all the while flattering our natural indolence, which, hating the bustle of the world, and drudgery of business seeks a pretence of reason to give itself a full and uncontrolled indulgence.
- 1748 David Hume Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973 § 34
- chore, toil, dogsbody work, corvée (dated), fatigue (military), swink (archaic); see also Thesaurus:drudgery
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