drudge drudge /ˈdrʌdʒ/

noun

1. A laborer who is obliged to do menial work  ( drudge , galley slave [Informal] , navvy [Informal, British] , peon [ N. American] )
   a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
   
   
2. One who works hard at boring tasks  ( drudge , hacker [Informal] , hack )
   one who works hard at boring tasks
   
   

verb

1. Work hard  ( dig [Informal, American] , drudge , fag [Informal] , grind [Informal] , labor [American] , labour [Canadian, British] , moil [ N. American] , toil , travail )
   work hard
    She was digging away at her math homework
   She was digging away at her math homework
    Lexicographers drudge all day long
   Lexicographers drudge all day long