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# drudgery

noun (no plural)

«drudgery» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Drudgery is hard, dull work that goes on and on, work that nobody enjoys. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drudgery/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories, a poor servant or a child is made to do heavy, tiring jobs for little or no thanks

### Examples

- Washing up every night is drudgery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drudgery/#x1)
- The poor boy was kept busy with endless drudgery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drudgery/#x2)
- Cleaning all the floors by hand is hard drudgery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drudgery/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «drudgery» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drudgery/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«drudgery» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/drudgery.html) on Mova free.