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▪ I. drudging, vbl. n.
see under drudge v.
▪ II. drudging, ppl. a.|ˈdrʌdʒɪŋ|
Also 6 drugging.
[f. drudge v. + -ing2.]
That drudges; of the nature of drudgery; toilsome, laborious.
1548Cranmer Catech. 40 These small and druggynge workes. 1549Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. 1 Pet. 8 She was hys wyfe, & not his drudgeing hande mayde. 1632Milton L'Allegro 105 How the drudging Goblin sweat, To earn his cream-bowl duly set. 1894W. J. Dawson Making of Manhood 88 A drudging attention to details.
Hence ˈdrudgingly adv.
1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. 149 That He should..do all the meanest and triflingest things Himself drudgingly. 1864Times 12 Aug. 4 He had collected, lovingly rather than drudgingly, the materials for a new edition. |