drudge

noun/drʌdʒ/

Frequency rank: #18,506 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a person who does hard, menial, or tedious work.

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Example sentence

He spent his twenties working as a tired drudge, washing dishes and scrubbing floors all day in a busy restaurant kitchen.

Synonyms & related words

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